Bob Wallace
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Bob Wallace in late 1977 (age 28)
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| Born |
May 29, 1949 Arlington, Virginia |
| Died |
September 20, 2002 (aged 53) San Rafael, California |
| Known for | 9th Microsoft employee Creator of PC-Write Founder of Quicksoft |
| Spouse(s) | Megan Dana-Wallace |
Bob Wallace (May 29, 1949 – September 20, 2002) was the ninth Microsoft employee, first popular user of the term shareware, creator of the word processing program PC-Write, founder of the software company Quicksoft and an "online drug guru" who devoted much time and money into the research of psychedelic drugs. Bob ended his Usenet posts with the phrase, "Bob Wallace (just my opinion)."
Bob Wallace was born in Arlington, Virginia. He first worked on computers as a member of an Explorer Scout troop sponsored by Control Data Corp. in Bethesda, Maryland. His father was an economist who later became Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of John F. Kennedy.
Bob attended Brown University, where he worked on the pioneering hypertext File Retrieval and Editing System, and later received his Masters in computer science from the University of Washington.
Wallace worked at the Retail Computer Store in Seattle, where he learned about Microsoft after Bill Gates put up a sign advertising for programmers. He joined Microsoft in 1978 as the 9th employee. His first project was to connect a computer to an IBM Selectric typewriter so the company could print software manuals. In the late 1970s, Wallace and Gates were known for their hijinks, and one incident involved breaking into a construction site and driving bulldozers, at one point almost running over Gates's Porsche.
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