The Windows Pioneers are the seven individuals who received awards from Microsoft in 1994 in recognition of their contributions to the Microsoft Windows operating system. Bill Gates presented each pioneer with an award.
The seven Windows Pioneers were:[1]
- Alan Cooper – the "father of Visual Basic"[2]
- Lyle Griffin – created Micrografx Designer, the earliest graphics application for Windows
- Joe Guthridge – led the development of Samna Amí, the first Windows word processor, later renamed Lotus Word Pro
- Ted Johnson – led the development of PageMaker desktop publishing software. Co-founder of Visio Corporation
- Ian Koenig – led the development of the Reuters Terminal financial information software
- Ray Ozzie – created Lotus Notes. He served as Microsoft's Chief Software Architect from 2005 to 2010
- Charles Petzold – author of the Programming Windows series from Microsoft Press, as well as many other programming books for Microsoft
References[]
- ↑ Press Release on microsoft.com (Jeff Raikes, Group Vice President, Microsoft Information Worker Business)
- ↑ Waite, Mitchell (1992). The Waite Group's Visual Basic How-To. Waite Group Press. ISBN 1-878739-09-3, ISBN 978-1-878739-09-4, pp. dedication page
External links[]
- Ted Johnson bio on Microsoft's website (archived 2005-04-01)