Norton was a legendary figure to me. When I was starting my University studies some of my friends would say things like "Peter Norton is the best programmer in

Norton was a legendary figure to me. When I was starting my University studies some of my friends would say things like "Peter Norton is the best programmer in the world, and he codes in C". I had seen Norton Disk Doctor magically repair a defective floppy disk, so I had to learn C to be a alpha developer! Then I read his 8086 Assembler book, probably written by the awesome John Socha, and it was a very well written book. Norton Commander (also by Socha) became my de-factor DOS shell. Norton Guides were handy to have while developing TSR programs. And that's about it. I have fond memories of Norton, but I think his trajectory after developer stardom is still somewhat a mistery.