Ed Roberts (September 13, 1941 – April 1, 2010) isn’t a house hold name, but he should be! After all, he is attributed as the father of the personal computer (PC) having designed the first commercially successful PC in 1975. The likes of Bill Gates and Paul Allen (founders of Microsoft) are also linked to him as they both joined his company (MITS) to develop Altair BASIC which was Microsoft’s first product.
He left the industry to become a medical doctor, almost before the PC got off the ground, moving to Georgia in 1977. So when you next see one of Microsoft’s adverts – “I’m a PC” – please remember Ed Roberts. To find out more read the Wikipedia article.
