15 Years of Microsoft Bob

harrymcc writes "Microsoft Bob--still synonymous in the tech industry with "embarrassing flop"--shipped fifteen years ago this week, on March 31st, 1995. When the Windows interface featuring animated cartoon helpers was announced it was hyped to the heavens and briefly accepted as a breakthrough that showed where software was going. Instead, dismal reviews and poor sales killed it after only a year on the market. At Technologizer, we're marking the anniversary with a complete look at how it came to be and why it failed so resoundingly--and how Microsoft tried again with Office's "Clippy" and other attempts to revive the basic idea."

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