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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday July 18, 2016 @12:26PM (#12116063)
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.
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Re:Donkey – A computer game included with early versions of ... by johansch on Monday July 18, 2016 @01:08PM (#12116410)
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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