Tim Paterson (born 1956) is an American computer programmer, best known as the original author of the popular MS-DOS operating system. Educated at the University of Washington, Paterson worked as a repair technician for a computer store in Seattle, Washington. After he graduated "magna cum laude" in June 1978, he went to work for Seattle Computer Products as a designer and engineer. Wikipedia
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Tim Paterson, who has changed jobs and companies fairly often in the past few years, is satisfied with his position at present. www.1000bit.net/storia/perso/tim_paterson_e.asp