Tom Rolander
Tom Rolander | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Software engineer,professor[2] |
| Known for | MP/M,iFolder |
Thomas Alan Rolanderis an American entrepreneur, engineer, and developer of themultitaskingmultiuseroperating systemMP/Mcreated formicrocomputersin 1979 while working as one of the first employees[3][4]ofDigital Research[5][6][7][1][8]withGary Kildall,[1][9]the "father" ofCP/M.CP/M and MP/M laid the groundwork to later Digital Research operating system families such asConcurrent CP/M,Concurrent DOSandMultiuser DOS.He also developedCP/NET.[6]
In 2013 he was granted with a 2013 Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from theUniversity of Washington(UW).[10][1]In 2016 hisOral Historywas recorded for theComputer History Museum.
References
[edit]- ^abcd"Tom Rolander - Alumnus Tom Rolander – Avid Innovator and Athlete".Alumni Profiles.University of Washington,Electrical Engineering. 2009.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-11-11.Retrieved2016-11-11.
- ^"Tom Rolander is new chairman of Big Sur International Marathon board of directors".Carmel, CA, USA:Monterey Herald.2016-10-06.Archivedfrom the original on 2016-11-11.Retrieved2016-11-11.
- ^"How IBM ended up using MS-DOS rather than CP/M (1995) [Computer Chronicles]".YouTube.
- ^"DRI Personnel Report by Hiring Date"(PDF).Digital Research.c. 1981.CHM Catalog Number102770767,ITCHP44203e0563f13.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2021-08-16.Retrieved2021-08-16– viaComputer 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 andKathryn B. Strutynski,so would actually have been DRI's third employee. Nevertheless, his badge shows ID #1.) - ^Kildall, Gary Arlen(2016-08-02) [1993].Kildall, Scott;Kildall, Kristin (eds.).Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry(Manuscript, part 1). Kildall Family.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2016-11-17.Retrieved2016-11-17.(1+2+78 pages) (NB. Part 2 not released due to family privacy reasons.)
- ^ab"IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing - CP/M - Microcomputer Operating System, 1974"(PDF).Computer History Museum.2014-04-25.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2019-04-03.Retrieved2019-04-03.
- ^Shustek, Len (2016-08-02)."In His Own Words: Gary Kildall".Remarkable People.Computer History Museum.
- ^"Tom Rolander - Serial entrepreneur and Emergent Farming co-founder".Retrieved2016-11-11.
- ^Evans, Harold;Buckland, Gail;Lefer, David(2004).They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators.Little, Brown and Co.ISBN978-0-316-27766-2.
- ^"2013 Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence".YouTube.2013.Retrieved2017-01-01.
Further reading
[edit]- Rolander, Tom(1994-07-15)."In Memory of GARY A. KILDALL May 19, 1942 -- July 11, 1994".Tom Rolander's Website and Album(Memorial service).Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey, CA, USA.Retrieved2006-11-30.
- Rolander, Tom(2007-08-08)."Scoble Show".PodTech.net(Interview). Interviewed by Scoble, Robert.Retrieved2016-11-11.
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