Dr Sneath and Ian Ellison-Taylor: Windows History
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In the second part of this interview, Dr Sneath talks with Ian Ellison-Taylor about his experiences as a shell developer on the Windows 3.1 team. Ian was the developer responsible for such classic gems as File Manager and Print Manager; here he talks about
how Microsoft has changed over the years as well as sharing some interesting anecdotes about the design of the Windows 95 shell. Find the first part of the interviewhere
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Will Microsoft continue to change the world - yes! This interview shows that the staff at Microsoft do learn from mistakes.
Was this guy ever Australian/British?
Intrepid, yes, I grew up near Manchester in England and then moved out to the US about 17 years ago. Yes, I have a weird accent as a result
Ian.
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