Dr Sneath and Ian Ellison-Taylor: Windows History

Posted By: Charles | Feb 20th, 2007 @ 10:43 AM | 12,836 Views | 4 Comments
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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#Feb 20th, 2007 @ 2:50 PM
CRPietschmann
CRPietschmann
Chris Pietschmann
Great history lesson!
#Feb 20th, 2007 @ 4:56 PM
sc00ter
sc00ter
Always in motion the future is..
I love to hear anything about MS history and these funny stories.  Very informative too.  I love it.. Keep em coming!
#Feb 22nd, 2007 @ 12:34 AM
intrepid
intrepid

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?

#Feb 22nd, 2007 @ 6:47 PM
Ian Ellison-Taylor
Ian Ellison-Taylor


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 Smiley

Ian.

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