RE: CD Life and the Bob OS?

["Bruce Evans" <bruce -dot- evans -at- sympatico -dot- ca>]

"Bob" met a very justified and not-too-soon death. It was a shell that sat
on top of Windows and was supposed to help newbies cope with a graphical
interface. Experienced users found it a laugh and newbies couldn't use it
any better than Windows. I wrote a review of it for one of the now departed
computer magazines. To give it a fair review, I asked my mother-in-law who'd
never used a computer to try it. I don't know if it was Bob's fault but she
never touched a computer again. I suspect Bob died before my review was
published.

If you're interested, I may have my review copy around somewhere--in those
days, the sofware manufacturers, including Microsoft, were afraid to ask a
reviewer to sign a copyright statement lest we write a bad review. It was
said most writers made more money selling copies of these than they got for
the review.

Bruce

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Bruce Evans, M.D.
Family Physician and Technical Writer

"Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked;
leadership is defined by results not attributes."

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Peter Neilson writes:

Query: What ever happened to Microsoft's "Bob" OS? Do any of you remember
that one or perhaps have used it? I can't find anyone who remembers the
product, and I am not making it up. Was it a stand alone OS or did it sit
on top of Winders like a shell replacement does?

Bob.




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