The bank had committed themselves to using server-side Java before there was any hint of server-side Java apps, J2EE, etc. One of my favorite MS stories involves IE4 and one of the largest banks in Canada, one of Microsoft’s largest customers headquartered here in Toronto, around Spring 1997 – maybe ’96 (May 15th actually …I’ll never forget that date). What are your favorite Microsoft stories? Here’s one of my mine… (#1 in my #FavoriteMicrosoftStories series) Other members of the cast: Alistair Banks Bill Gates Sara Spalding.
We were and are very proud of what we accomplished. We also used the same code base to build Alias Upfront for the Mac. Upfront didn’t generate a lot of revenue ($2 million? …or was it $200,000?) but it was Alias Research’s very first desktop software product. James Boritz and I and Ming Mah and Richard Brath and Dan Whitely and Jon Steinberg are the team that brought Alias Upfront for Windows to life – in a back room on the 3rd floor. It is really an incredible tool for making sure the design is exactly right”, said the Chairman of Microsoft. “In the graphics area, I picked Upfront from Alias Research. Alias achieved a major coup by impressing Bill Gates, who mentioned Upfront during a major Microsoft conference as a particularly innovative application under Windows. seized the opportunity to purchase the Spacemaker technology and launched UpFront, a low-cost 3D Mac and Windows based package for architects. #THT – Alias #Upfront for Windows – “The most innovative new graphics product for Windows 3.0” – Bill Gates, CEO, Microsoft. What are your favorite Microsoft stories? Here’s my zero’th favorite… (#0 in my #FavoriteMicrosoftStories series)
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