Tom Rolander | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Software engineer, professor [2] |
Known for | MP/M, iFolder |
Thomas Alan Rolander is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and developer of the multitasking multiuser operating system MP/M created for microcomputers in 1979 while working as one of the first employees [3] [4] of Digital Research [5] [6] [7] [1] [8] with Gary Kildall, [1] [9] the "father" of CP/M. CP/M and MP/M laid the groundwork to later Digital Research operating system families such as Concurrent CP/M, Concurrent DOS and Multiuser DOS. He also developed CP/NET. [6]
In 2013 he was granted with a 2013 Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the University of Washington (UW). [10] [1] In 2016 his Oral History was recorded for the Computer History Museum.
[…] Rolander, Thomas Alan 04/09/79 […](1 page) (NB. Listing of the first 39 DRI employees listed by date of hire. Although commonly referred to as DRI's first employee, according to this list Rolander was hired after John R. Pierce and Kathryn B. Strutynski, so would actually have been DRI's third employee. Nevertheless, his badge shows ID #1.)
Tom Rolander | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Software engineer, professor [2] |
Known for | MP/M, iFolder |
Thomas Alan Rolander is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and developer of the multitasking multiuser operating system MP/M created for microcomputers in 1979 while working as one of the first employees [3] [4] of Digital Research [5] [6] [7] [1] [8] with Gary Kildall, [1] [9] the "father" of CP/M. CP/M and MP/M laid the groundwork to later Digital Research operating system families such as Concurrent CP/M, Concurrent DOS and Multiuser DOS. He also developed CP/NET. [6]
In 2013 he was granted with a 2013 Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the University of Washington (UW). [10] [1] In 2016 his Oral History was recorded for the Computer History Museum.
[…] Rolander, Thomas Alan 04/09/79 […](1 page) (NB. Listing of the first 39 DRI employees listed by date of hire. Although commonly referred to as DRI's first employee, according to this list Rolander was hired after John R. Pierce and Kathryn B. Strutynski, so would actually have been DRI's third employee. Nevertheless, his badge shows ID #1.)