Amaya Toman In March 1995, Microsoft came to the conclusion (incomprehensible to many) that its operating system at the time was not sufficiently user-friendly. Therefore, the company released software that was supposed to help users navigate Windows a little better. It is the story of this software that we will recall in our return to the past. We will also talk about the premiere of the film Matrix.
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Bob from Microsoft (1995)
On March 31, 1995, Microsoft introduced its software package called Bob. It was a product that was intended to give a more user-friendly interface to the Windows 3.1 operating system, and later also Windows 95 and Windows NT. When presenting this software, Microsoft showed images of a virtual house with virtual rooms and objects that were supposed to resemble specific applications - for example, paper with a pen was supposed to represent the Word processor. Bob originally went by the code name “Utopia” and Karen Fries was assigned to lead the project. Professors Clifford Nass and Byron Reeves from Stanford University took care of the design, while Bill Gates' wife, Melinda, was in charge of marketing. Unfortunately, Bob did not meet with the success that Microsoft expected. The software garnered criticism from the public, media and experts, and even earned the seventh place in PC World magazine's list of twenty-five worst programs.
The Matrix Premiere (1999)
On March 31, 1999, the now cult sci-fi film The Matrix, directed by the Wachowski sisters, had its premiere in the United States. The story of Neo, Trinity, Morpheus and others, together with the elaborate effects, quickly gained enormous popularity in the world, the sentences from this film quickly became popular, countless more or less elaborate fan websites were created, and some objects that were used in the film also gained popularity. played", such as Ry-Ban glasses or the Nokia 8110 mobile phone.
