Oh my gosh! This means a lot to me. I should mention that wasn't just me. Alan Cooper came up with the initial idea and a prototype called Tripod and showed it

Oh my gosh! This means a lot to me. I should mention that wasn't just me. Alan Cooper came up with the initial idea and a prototype called Tripod and showed it to Bill Gates. After Microsoft funded the project, Alan hired me, and Gary Kratkin, Frank Raab, and Mark Merker to build out the actual Ruby product. And then a team at Microsoft melded it with Basic to become Visual Basic. I am really grateful that you and so many people put our work to good use!