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I was going through all my old backups and laughing at some of the old software I thought was important. I noticed allot of cool stuff I had long past forgotten. So to define Retro would be "its old to me" so that makes it retro. I hope you guys enjoy this I will make a feed of it and post hopefully every Wednesday.

Some of this software may or may not work on your pc. I hardly remember the system requirements but I will do my best to give detailed info on how to run it. Enjoy!

This Week we start off with: MSBOBBobSmile

 

 

Microsoft Bob, designed for Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 and intended to be a user-friendly interface for Microsoft Windows, replacing the Program Manager. At one point, the project was managed by Melinda French, who at the time was Bill Gates' girlfriend (the two later married).

At the time French left Microsoft, she was Product Unit Manager for a group which included Bob and three other Microsoft titles. The project leader for Bob was Karen Fries, a Microsoft researcher. Microsoft originally owned the domain name bob.com, but traded it to Bob Kerstein for the windows2000.com domain.

 

 

posted on Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:57 AM

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# re: Mikes Retro Software of the week. 1/15/2008 9:38 PM Kent Sharkey
>> At the time French left Microsoft, she was Product Unit Manager for a group which included Bob and three other Microsoft titles.

What were the other titles? Encarta? Works? Or was this back in the Microsoft Dog Encyclopedia days (there's a joke there, I'd imagine -- Bob and Dogs -- nah, I won't go there)

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