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Did Bill Gates personally write Microsoft Bob? I got the impression OP was referring to late 70s / early 80s Microsoft when Gates was still very much doing the
by SmellyGeekBoy 10y ago
Did Bill Gates personally write Microsoft Bob? I got the impression OP was referring to late 70s / early 80s Microsoft when Gates was still very much doing the coding himself, as opposed to the much bigger 90s Microsoft when he was a few layers removed.
- johansch 10y agohttp://www.computerworld.com/article/2483957/microsoft-windows/bill-gates-gets-serious-about-microsoft-bob.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2483957/microsoft-windo... "'We were just ahead of our time, like most of our mistakes,' Gates says of personal agents like the notorious Clippy character." "Gates has a personal connection to Microsoft Bob -- more than it being just another product launched on his watch -- as his wife, Melinda French Gates, was a marketing manager on the Bob project."
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