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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Anyone remember "Microsoft Bob?"

Unfortunately, some of us older geeks remember it like a bad dream. It was Microsoft’s most spectacular failure and is still remembered as one of the worst “applications” ever produced for the PC/Windows. IMNSHO, it ranks up there with IBM’s Top View.

Here’s a posting by John Sheesley on TechRepublic that has tons of screenshots. If you remember Bob, take a couple of valiums first. If you don’t remember, enjoy and be close to the bathroom because you just might pee in your pants… :-)

22 comments:

  1. thanks for sharing, that was a very intersting read, keep itup!

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  2. Is this 3.1 or Windows 1.0? Either way I was like 5 years old, but I do remember that quirky digital pup.

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  3. I wake up in the middle of the night sometimes with nightmares of microsoft bob.

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  4. i think i forgot about him.... who is Bob? lol

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  5. FAIL i had totally forggoton about Bob, thanks for the nostalgia >.<

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  6. OMG I nostalgiad. /tips drink to Bob

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  7. Bob was a great guy he always tried telling me what to do so I would just tell him that he should stop being so silly and just let me work.

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  8. oh god no.. not again!!!

    horrible flashback

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  9. i remember using win 3.1 but never saw that.. guess i was lucky..

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  10. hahaha fuck me, Almost forgot about Bob!

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