In the software world, there’s Bob. If you don’t remember him, Bob was Microsoft’s 1995 answer to why computers were so darn hard to use. [LGR] gives us a nostalgic look back at Bob and ...
An alternate interface for Windows from Microsoft that was designed for people afraid of computers. Introduced in 1995 and discontinued the following year, Bob came with a word processor ...
Toys for Bob — also known for titles like Skylanders and the Spyro Reignited Trilogy —announced plans to become an indie developer, separate from Microsoft-owned Activision. The studio hinted ...
The font was one of the typefaces preloaded onto Windows 95—where it stuck out like a sore thumb alongside more stately ...
Inspired by The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen comics, designer Vincent Connare began creating Comic Sans in October 1994 as an informal font for Microsoft Bob, a user interface released for ...
Microsoft has been in business 37 years and for most of that time, had a very strict "let's build it here" culture. You can't have that attitude without a few flops. And Microsoft has had its share.
Bob O'Rear went on to be a cattle rancher Bob O'Rear was one of the oldest employees at Microsoft. He was at NASA in Mission Control when we landed on the moon. At Microsoft he was a chief ...
Finally, have a look back at Microsoft Bob, one of the worst tech products ever released by the software giant in 1995. The latest issue of John Callaham's nostalgia series details Microsoft's ...
Another Microsoft insider said McDowell's departure is a loss, but that the new executive is up to the task. "I feel great on both fronts. Bob McDowell has evangelized an expanded vision for MCS ...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bob Bailkoski's first three months ... including the achievement of Microsoft's prestigious Azure Expert Managed Services Provider certification in March.
In the software world, there’s Bob. If you don’t remember him, Bob was Microsoft’s 1995 answer to why computers were so darn hard to use. [LGR] gives us a nostalgic look back at Bob and ...