Philip Don Estridge
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About
Father of the IBM PC who broke tradition by using outside hardware manufacturers and allowing users to write programs themselves.
Before Fame
He studied electrical engineering at the University of Florida and developed radar systems for the Army.
Trivia
His inventions didn't all gain traction. For example, the IBM PCjr, the first attempt at a personal computer, was called one of the biggest flops in the history of computing.
Family Life
He and his wife were both killed when the Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed on approach to Dallas during a thunderstorm.
Associated With
He and Thomas J. Watson, the one-time CEO of IBM, both helped the company to become a personal-computing giant.
