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Eulogy of Gary Kildall

In Memory of GARY A. KILDALL May 19, 1942 -- July 11, 1994 Memorial Service July 15, 1994 Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California Greeting -------- On behalf of Kristin, Scott, and the Kildall family I welcome you to this memorial service for Gary Kildall. Today we will pay tribute to the accomplishments and life of Gary Kildall. Gary Kildall was a pioneer who brought order into the early chaos of the PC industry by providing focus, leadership and vision. In a competitive, often impersonal microcomputer industry, Gary showed us that friends and business associates are one and the same. His family and friends will long remember him. Eulogy ------ I must begin this talk by admitting to you that this is the most difficult task that I have ever done in my life. I am an enthusiastic high energy person usually operating at about 100 Mhz. Giving a eulogy is not something which fits very well with my personality, or that I have been prepared to do. It is, however, something I want to do with all my heart. Gary Kildall was the best male friend I have ever had in my life. I trusted him implicitly, with my life and my work. Let me tell you about the Gary I knew and loved as viewed through my eyes and with my heart. I've often been accused of being entirely too cheerful, even a "Pollyanna", seeing only the good in people. This may tell you something about being chosen as one of Gary's close friends. Gary was the biggest "kid" I've ever known. He had a child-like enthusiasm which was obvious in his work and recreation. A man with a multitude of toys from airplanes, to cars, boats, motorcycles, and yes, computers too. I couldn't express it better myself than on the front cover of the first issue of Byte Magazine in September of 1975 which carried the headline, "COMPUTERS- the World's Greatest Toy!" Gary was on to something long before there was a Nintendo or Sega. Creating programs is a lot of fun. Gary was a man of many passions, he was warm and open to those he lo

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