So Clippy came from Microsoft Bob. Microsoft Bob itself was a response to General Magic's "social interface", known as Magic Cap [1]. Another thing that came a

So Clippy came from Microsoft Bob. Microsoft Bob itself was a response to General Magic's "social interface", known as Magic Cap [1]. Another thing that came as a response to General Magic: Java. Java was a response to General Magic's Telescript [2]. So Clippy and Java were both inspired by the same product! Watch the video [3] for an important piece of history! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic#Magic_Cap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic#Magic_Cap [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic#Telescript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic#Telescript [3] https://youtu.be/7PpTVrWSMlY?t=63 https://youtu.be/7PpTVrWSMlY?t=63