Mark Zbikowski - From DOS 1.0 to Windows Vista

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  "This is Behind the Code’s pilot episode"
  
  I'd been wondering where that was...
  

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  Oh !*&%@@$ another video that I want to watch but cant download. I was hoping to stock up ready for a long train ride!
  Come on time to kick some butt.
  Charles (or is it Chazz) who should we nag to get this working?
  
  Charlie

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  Use FlashGet: Right click on the "Full screen" button. Click on "Download using FlashGet" and have fun (tested in IE). Downloads wonderful.
  
  And I guess Charles won't mind, if we download the video.
  
  I'm going to watch this video while traveling home tomorrow. I have been watching another Behind the Code with Andrews Heijlsberg a few months ago. That was very nice and interesting. Let's see how this is.

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  Ever wonder why the fiirst two bytes in a .exe are 'MZ' in ASCII.
  
  Mark worked on the DOS loader and this legacy lives on in Portable Executable images today!
  

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  CplCarrot wrote:

  Oh !*&%@@$ another video that I want to watch but cant download. I was hoping to stock up ready for a long train ride!
  Come on time to kick some butt.
  Charles (or is it Chazz) who should we nag to get this working?
  
  Charlie

  
  
  I am workin on it. Please be patient. Sorry for the inconvenience.
  
  PS:How do you know about Chazz? You must be somebody I know...
  C

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  Why this is not download
  

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  Great show and a great guy as well. These kind of shows really motivate me. Will more of these "Behind the Code" shows be released on ch.9?
  
  edit:
  
  channel9.msdn.com/shows/Behind_The_Code .
  
  The wonder!
  

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  Charles wrote:

  

  CplCarrot wrote: Oh !*&%@@$ another video that I want to watch but cant download. I was hoping to stock up ready for a long train ride! Come on time to kick some butt. Charles (or is it Chazz) who should we nag to get this working? Charlie

  
  
  I am workin on it. Please be patient. Sorry for the inconvenience.
  
  PS:How do you know about Chazz? You must be somebody I know...
  C

  
  
  http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=192850#192850
  
  My Name is Chazz
  
  Posted by Charles // Sun, May 14, 2006 4:06 AM
  
  That's my name.
  C
  
  Ontopic:
  
  Great video! more more!

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  brilliant video; very inspirational fellow

  Is that video a few years old now though? ie, would this not be Marks 26th year?

  Would it be possible to follow up with Mark with a C9 interview about his recent contributions, I am sure anyone who watches this video would find it facinating to know what he's up to and if/what he is contributing to Vista.

  On another note, is WinFX sort of like OFS? Did he have any part in WinFX... (hope that doesnt go the same way as OFS

  thanks guys

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  kolofon wrote:

  Great show and a great guy as well. These kind of shows really motivate me. Will more of these "Behind the Code" shows be released on ch.9?
  
  edit:
  
  channel9.msdn.com/shows/Behind_The_Code .
  
  The wonder!
  

  
  
  Yes, we will continue to release Behind the Code on C9. Our next release is slated (at this time) for August.
  
  Thanks for watching!

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  erik_ wrote:

  

  Charles wrote:  I am workin on it. Please be patient. Sorry for the inconvenience. PS:How do you know about Chazz? You must be somebody I know... C

  
  
  http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=192850#192850
  
  My Name is Chazz
  
  Posted by Charles // Sun, May 14, 2006 4:06 AM
  
  That's my name.
  C
  
  Ontopic:
  
  Great video! more more!

  
  
  Charles, how did you forget that? Were you really drunk? Or what has happened?
  
  The video is GREAT! I watched it the last hour and I learned a lot Great guy. How cool is it to have his initiales in every executable... Wow!

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  Two thumbs up, I love the concept of this show and hope to see more.  I love to hear stories of how Dos/Windows came to be from the people who made it.
  
  Maybe oneday we'll get Bill Hill, he's always interesting to hear from.

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  Man, what passion Mr. Zbikowski has in his work! I'd like to be like him someday.
  
  Kudos Mr. Zbikowski.
  
  You certainly will not be forgotten.
  

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  Mr. Zbikowski has a great legacy with the signature mark of the .exe
  
  I'd like to be as successful as Mark at Microsoft. However, the interview leaves me wondering if he received all the credit he deserves. Cairo became an albatros project and Mark got punished for his dedication. Also, I'm surprised he is not in a higher position at Microsoft.
  
  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zbikowski
  

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  yman wrote:

  I thought Pat Halland left msft for amazon?
  

  
  
  
  Yes, he did. We filmed the  show when he was still working here.

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  Hello!
  
  http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_minimsft_archive.html
  
  

  
  Another exit I didn't notice: Mark Zbikowski (MarkZ) has left
  Microsoft, too, as of June 9th, according to Wikipedia. People
  here in the comments noticed him missing from the GAL.
  Dynamic references to NTDEV\MarkZ have started 404'ing
  inside. Hmm... maybe our mini-mizing has finally started...
  in a silent, scary, horror-movie sort of way.
  

  
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zbikowski
  
  Roman

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  This video is definitely motivating.  He has done some excellent work at Microsoft!
  
  Anybody catch is Favorite data structure?
  

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  Hello my name is Samantha and I am cert 3 IT student in Australia, I was wondering if you can tell me about DOS to VISTA as I have it as a test so any information would be good. You can email me at mazi_down_under@yahoo.com or if you have msn dogtiny@hotmail.com as I have msn chat, ok thanks.
  
  Kinde Regards,
  
  Samantha
  

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  i can feel his pain while telling cairo being cancelled, i wish we could see that product ever in market

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  Just getting around to viewing - a bit longer than I can sit....Would it be possible to make it downloadable?  I notice that "Download" is not currently one of the avail options where it is for most other vids.

  Great interview, great interviewer, great technical quality.

  Thanks.

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  Where is this video?  The URL seems to no longer be valid, and search of C9 has turned up no alternate source.  Where can we get our hands on this?
  

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  I was lucky enough to have been invited to the taping of this when I was early-in-career at Microsoft. It has stuck with me for years, and watching it again his advice all still seems very relevant 15 years later. This came a few years before I worked on a project for two years that was working but was cancelled because it didn't fit into the product at the time; having heard Mark's story really helped when I was coping with that tough decision.

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  @Sean: Rock and roll.