![]() The Creative Writer lobby, with mascot McZee on the left.Īccording to a 1993 New York Times article, Creative Writer originated as part of Microsoft’s push into home computing products due to a slowdown in the business productivity market. With Bob, users interacted with their computers through the metaphor of a house, with the help of interactive assistant characters.īut few remember that some of Bob’s original principles also appeared in an earlier Microsoft product called Creative Writer, which was released in December of 1993 for Windows 3.1 and Macintosh computers. ![]() ![]() Bob represented a bold, alternative vision of computing for novices that fell flat in the marketplace. Among these products, an operating system shell called Microsoft Bob (1995) remains infamous for its coddling approach. In the 1990s, Microsoft began experimenting with software for kids and computer novices.
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