Paul Gardener Allen
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(b.) -1953(d.)2018 October 15
Bio/Description
Co-founder of Microsoft, Allen launched the company with Bill Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975, and began marketing a BASIC programming language interpreter. In 1980, after promising to deliver IBM a Disk Operating System (DOS) they had not yet developed for the Intel 8088-based IBM PC, Allen spearheaded a deal for Microsoft to purchase a Quick and Dirty Operating System (QDOS) written by Tim Paterson who, at the time, was employed at Seattle Computer Products.
As a result of this transaction, Microsoft was able to secure a contract to supply the DOS that would eventually run on IBM's PC line.
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Date of Birth:
1953 -
Date of Death:
2018 October 15 -
Gender:
Male -
Noted For:
Co-founder of Microsoft -
Category of Achievement:
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