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   company_name  = Western Digital|
   name      = Ron Gilbert |
   company_logo  = [[File:Western_Digital_logo.png|300px]]|
   known_for = Co-designer of ''[[The Cave]]'', ''[[Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise|Fatty Bear]]'', ''[[Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds|Freddi Fish]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'', ''[[Monkey Island|Monkey Island 1]]'' and ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge|2]]'', ''[[Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside|Pajama Sam]]'', ''[[Putt-Putt Joins the Parade|Putt-Putt 1]]'', ''[[Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon|2]]'', and ''[[Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo|3]]'', and ''[[Thimbleweed Park]]''<br />Designer of ''[[The Big Big Castle!]]'', ''[[DeathSpank|DeathSpank 1]]'' and ''[[DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue|2]]'', and ''[[Scurvy Scallywags in The Voyage to Discover The Ultimate Sea Shanty: A Musical Match-3 Pirate RPG|Scurvy Scallywags]]''<br />Co-founder of [[Cavedog Entertainment]], [[Humongous Entertainment]], [[Hulabee Entertainment]], and [[Terrible Toybox]]|
  company_type  = Publicly traded company|
   birth      = February 5, 1943|
  foundation    = April 23, 1970|
  location      = San Jose, California, U.S.|
  key_people    = [[Alvin B. Phillips]], founder|
  num_employees  = 61,800 |
  industry      = Computer hardware|
   products      = Computer hardware|
  homepage      = http://www.westerndigital.com/|
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The '''Western Digital''' Corporation is a computer technology company.
'''Ron Gilbert''' is a programmer, writer, and game designer who co-designed ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure]]'', ''[[Maniac Mansion]]'', ''[[Monkey Island]]'', and ''[[Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge]]'' at [[Lucasfilm Games|LucasArts]], ''[[Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise]]'', ''[[Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds]]'', ''[[Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside]]'', ''[[Putt-Putt Joins the Parade]]'', ''[[Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon]]'', and ''[[Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo]]'' at [[Humongous Entertainment]], ''[[DeathSpank]]'' and ''[[DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue]]'' at [[Hothead Games]], ''[[The Big Big Castle!]]'' and ''[[Scurvy Scallywags in The Voyage to Discover The Ultimate Sea Shanty: A Musical Match-3 Pirate RPG]]'' at [[Beep Games]], ''[[The Cave]]'' at [[Double Fine Productions]], and ''[[Thimbleweed Park]]'' at [[Terrible Toybox]].


==Foundation==
He co-founded several companies, including the aforementioned Humongous Entertainment and Terrible Toybox, as well as Cavedog Entertainment and [[Hulabee Entertainment]].
Western Digital was founded on April 23, 1970.


==Hardware by Western Digital owned by WEC Museum==
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 250GB Western Digital [[hard disk drive]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 2012
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[[Category:Companies and organizations formed in 1970]]
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