In 1956, Tim Paterson, the author of MS-DOS, was born.
MS-DOS was the most widely used operating system in the 1980s.
Read more about Tim Paterson at http://www.patersontech.com/dos/micronews/paterson04_10_98.htm
About The Author
Judy Novotny
Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.