Digital Research

Digital Research, Inc.
	Original headquarters of Digital Research on 801 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, California. On the sidewalk, to the left, is a commemorative plaque.
Company type	Private
Industry	Software
Founded	1974 in Pacific Grove, California, United States
Founder	Gary Kildall
Defunct	1991
Fate	Acquired by Novell
Headquarters	Pacific Grove, California; Monterey, California;
Key people	Gary Kildall (CEO); Dorothy McEwen Kildall; Gordon Eubanks; Tom Rolander; Kathryn Strutynski; Ed McCracken;
Products	Compilers, operating systems, graphical user interfaces
Revenue	US$45 million (1983); US$36.2 million (1989); US$40.9 million (1990); US$45.5 million (1991);
Number of employees	2 (1976); 9 (November 1978); 24 (August 1980); ~82–100 (1981); ~200 (summer 1982); ~280 (1982); 530 (1983); ~500 (1984); ~300 (1985); 240 (1986); 273 (1990); 290 (1991);
Website	www.digitalresearch.biz

Digital Research, Inc. (DR or DRI) was a privately held American software company created by Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and related 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems like MP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser DOS, DOS Plus, DR DOS and GEM. It was the first large software company in the microcomputer world. Digital Research was originally based in Pacific Grove, California, later in Monterey, California.