Changes: Walter Gibbs

	Dr. Walter Gibbs (PhD)
	Biographical information
Birth Date	July 16th, 1915
Status	Alive
	Physical description
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Grey
Eye Color	Blue
	Other information
Functions	Founded ENCOM and helped developed digitizing technology.
Programs	MCP, Dumont
Allies	Kevin Flynn, Alan Bradley, Lora Baines
	Out of universe information
Actor	Barnard Hughes
Appearances	TRON TRON 2.0 (Mention only)

Revision as of 13:31, 22 June 2015

Dr. Walter Gibbs (PhD) is a supporting character in TRON. He is the founder of ENCOM and mentor of Lora Baines.

Biography

On July 22nd, 1972, Dr. Walter Gibbs (PhD) founded the company that would later become ENCOM within his own garage. As ENCOM was just beginning, Gibbs had written a prototype chess program which, with upgrades and modifications added on years later by Ed Dillinger, would eventually evolve and grow uncontrollably into the MCP. Gibbs also wrote a program called Dumont for handling all communication between users and programs. Despite his status as ENCOM's founder, Walter was sidelined from any position of authority by Dillinger, who had taken over running the company. Nonetheless Gibbs remained with ENCOM, working with Lora Baines on digitization technology, which suggests that Gibbs was retained as head of ENCOM's research & development division.

3867090225 56d6a4e6ed b — Walter in the Laser Bay.

When Dillinger heavily restricted access to the company's computer systems, Gibbs voiced his concerns about this directive and also about Dillinger and ENCOM's overdependence on the MCP, and expressed his unhappiness with the directions Dillinger was taking the company. After Dillinger responded with an implied threat to have Gibbs dismissed altogether from ENCOM, Walter retorted:

"That was uncalled for. You know you can remove men like Alan and me from the system, but we helped create it. And our spirit remains in every program we designed for this computer."

Gibbs would never know that his statement was almost literally true. Many of the programs within the computer world had developed into avatars of the very people who wrote them (the Dumont program being an alter-ego of Gibbs himself).

Walter's place at ENCOM, after Dillinger was deposed, is unrevealed. But, as was the case with Alan and Lora, it is extremely likely that newly promoted CEO Flynn also re-promoted Walter Gibbs very generously.

Personality

Gibbs was a kindly man, enthusiastic about his scientific work and with a paternal sense of responsibility for the company he had founded. He also exhibited wry humor about the role of technology in the daily lives of its users: "Won't that be something; the machines will start thinking and the people will stop!"

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+'''Dr. Walter Gibbs (PhD)''' is a supporting character in ''[[TRON]]''. He is the founder of [[ENCOM]] and mentor of [[Lora Baines]].
+==Biography==
-On July 22nd, 1972 '''Dr. Walter Gibbs (PhD)''' founded what would later become [[ENCOM]] in the comfort of his own garage. Early on, when ENCOM was just beginning, he had written a prototype "''chess program''" that, with upgrades and modifications added on years later by [[Ed Dillinger]], would eventually evolve and grow uncontrollably into the [[MCP]]. Gibbs also wrote the [[Dumont]] program for handling all communication between [[user]]s and [[program]]s. Despite his status as one of ENCOM's founders, Walter had been pushed out by Dillinger from any position of authority running the company. But he remained with ENCOM working with [[Lora Baines]] on the [[digitization]] technology, which suggests that Gibbs was retained as head of ENCOM's research & development division.
+On July 22nd, 1972, Dr. Walter Gibbs (PhD) founded the company that would later become ENCOM within his own garage. As ENCOM was just beginning, Gibbs had written a prototype chess [[program]] which, with upgrades and modifications added on years later by [[Ed Dillinger]], would eventually evolve and grow uncontrollably into the [[MCP]]. Gibbs also wrote a program called [[Dumont]] for handling all communication between [[user]]s and programs. Despite his status as ENCOM's founder, Walter was sidelined from any position of authority by Dillinger, who had taken over running the company. Nonetheless Gibbs remained with ENCOM, working with Lora Baines on [[digitization]] technology, which suggests that Gibbs was retained as head of ENCOM's research & development division.
-When Dillinger heavily restricted access to the company's computer systems, Gibbs voiced his concerns towards this directive and also towards Dillinger and ENCOM's overdependence on the MCP, and expressed his unhappiness with the directions Dillinger was taking the company. After Dillinger responded with an implied threat to have Gibbs dismissed altogether from ENCOM, Walter retorted back:
+[[File:3867090225_56d6a4e6ed_b.jpg|left|thumb|Walter in the Laser Bay.]]When Dillinger heavily restricted access to the company's computer systems, Gibbs voiced his concerns about this directive and also about Dillinger and ENCOM's overdependence on the MCP, and expressed his unhappiness with the directions Dillinger was taking the company. After Dillinger responded with an implied threat to have Gibbs dismissed altogether from ENCOM, Walter retorted:
-: "''You can remove men like'' [[Alan Bradley|''Alan'']] ''and me from the system, but we helped create it. And our spirit remains in every program we designed for this computer.''"
+: "''That was uncalled for. You know you can remove men like'' [[Alan Bradley|''Alan'']] ''and me from the system, but we helped create it. And our spirit remains in every program we designed for this computer.''"
-Walter Gibbs never knew that what he said had become quite ''almost literally true''.  Some of the programs within the computer system had developed into avatars of the very people who wrote them (the [[Dumont]] program being an alter-ego of Gibbs himself). And then what Gibbs had said soon became prophetic for [[Kevin Flynn]], who would be transported entirely into the [[Game Grid]], and would do so again years later in Flynn's own [[TRON system]].
+Gibbs would never know that his statement was almost literally true. Many of the programs within the computer world had developed into avatars of the very people who wrote them (the [[Dumont]] program being an alter-ego of Gibbs himself).
 Walter's place at ENCOM, after Dillinger was deposed, is unrevealed. But, as was the case with Alan and Lora, it is extremely likely that newly promoted CEO Flynn also re-promoted Walter Gibbs very generously.
+==Personality==
+Gibbs was a kindly man, enthusiastic about his scientific work and with a paternal sense of responsibility for the company he had founded. He also exhibited wry humor about the role of technology in the daily lives of its users: "Won't that be something; the machines will start thinking and the people will stop!"
+[[es:Walter Gibbs]]
 [[Category:Users]]
 [[Category:Male Users]]
 [[Category:Characters]]
-[[Category:Key Characters]]
 [[Category:TRON Universe]]
 [[Category:TRON]]
+[[Category:ENCOM]]
 [[Category:Canon]]
-[[Category:Minor Characters]]
+[[Category:Heroes]]


Dr. Walter Gibbs (PhD)
Biographical information
Birth Date	July 16th, 1915
Status	Alive
Physical description
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Grey
Eye Color	Blue
Other information
Functions	Founded ENCOM and helped developed digitizing technology.
Programs	MCP, Dumont
Allies	Kevin Flynn, Alan Bradley, Lora Baines
Out of universe information
Actor	Barnard Hughes
Appearances	TRON TRON 2.0 (Mention only)