The nerd emoji and the Clippy like assistants come from Microsoft Bob. Another interesting product from that era was Microsoft Comic Chat, an IRC client that r

The nerd emoji and the Clippy like assistants come from Microsoft Bob. Another interesting product from that era was Microsoft Comic Chat, an IRC client that rendered conversations as a comic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Comic_Chat