Editing Microsoft Bob (section)

==History==
Microsoft Bob was released in March 1995 (before Windows 95 was released), although it had been widely publicized under the codename Utopia.<ref>{{cite news | title=MS plans Utopia for PC users | journal=Computer Shoqqer |date=April 1994 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Microsoft makes for Utopia | journal=Personal Computer World |date=May 1994 }}</ref> The project leader for Bob was [[Karen Fries]], a Microsoft researcher. The design was based on research by professors [[Clifford Nass]] and Byron Reeves of [[Stanford University]].<ref name=chronicles>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602125205/http://www.pcworld.com/article/193006/the_bob_chronicles.html |archive-date=2018-06-02 | url-status=dead | url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/193006/the_bob_chronicles.html | title = The Bob Chronicles | first = Harry | last = McCracken | date = March 31, 2010 | work = [[PC World]] | publisher = [[International Data Group|IDG]] | access-date = 2024-07-08}}</ref> [[Melinda Gates]], ex-wife of [[Bill Gates]], was the marketing manager for the product.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/failure-taught-me-lesson-ill-never-forget-melinda-gates|title=This failure taught me a lesson I'll never forget|last=Gates|first=Melinda|author-link=Melinda Gates|date=October 8, 2017|website=[[LinkedIn]]|language=en|access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref> Microsoft originally purchased the [[domain name]] bob.com from Boston-area techie Bob Antia, but later traded it to Bob Kerstein for the [[Windows 2000|windows2000.com]] domain name.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theregister.com/1999/11/11/windows2000_com_owner_sells_domain/ | title=Windows2000.com owner sells domain to Microsoft | work=[[The Register]] | date=11 November 1999 | access-date=2006-10-24 | author-last=Lea | author-first=Graham |author-link=Graham Lea (journalist)}}</ref>