- Bill Gates : Co-founder. Still Microsoft chairman and chief architect. Now the richest person in the world. - Thilak
- Steve Wood : Programmer. Left Microsoft in 1980. Married to Marla Wood. Now runs a telecommunications company. - Thilak
- Bob Wallace :Production manager-designer. Left Microsoft in 1983. Was a psychedelic-drug advocate. Died in 2002. - Thilak
- Paul Allen - andy~panda
Microsoft Corporation - 1978
TOP ROW (Left to Right)
Steve Wood : Programmer. Left Microsoft in 1980. Married to Marla
Wood. Now runs a telecommunications company.
Bob Wallace :Production manager-designer. Left Microsoft in 1983. Was
a psychedelic-drug advocate. Died in 2002.
Jim Lane : Project manager. Left Microsoft in 1985. Now owns his own
software company.
MIDDLE ROW (Left to Right)
Bob O'Rear : Chief mathematician. Left Microsoft in 1993. Now a cattle
rancher.
Bob Greenberg :Programmer. Left Microsoft in 1981. Helped develop
Cabbage Patch dolls for Coleco. Now makes software for golf courses.
Marc McDonald: Programmer. Microsoft's first employee. Left Microsoft
in 1984 because it was "too big", then rejoined the company
when they bought Design Intelligence, the company he was working for.
Has the honor of wearing badge number 00001.
Gordon Letwin: Programmer. Left Microsoft in 1993. Now an
environmental philanthropist.
BOTTOM ROW (Left to Right)
Bill Gates : Co-founder. Still Microsoft chairman and chief architect.
Now the richest person in the world.
Andrea Lewis: Technical writer. Left Microsoft in 1983. Now a
freelance journalist.
Marla Wood: Bookkeeper. Married to Steve Wood. Left Microsoft in 1980,
then sued the company for sex discrimination. Now a self-described
"professional volunteer".
Paul Allen: Co-founder. Left Microsoft in 1983 but remains a senior
strategy advisor to the company. Now sports team owner, space
enthusiast, and philanthropist.
Comments and faves
kim3er, eugeneahn, heylinus, MagnusK, and 40 other people added this photo to their favorites.
BIT-101 (65 months ago | reply)
that's a lot of facial hair.
Brajeshwar (65 months ago | reply)
Yeah! Bearded Programmers!
Brajeshwar (65 months ago | reply)
It must be "the-in-thing" in those days.
slworking2 (65 months ago | reply)
LOL
kim3er (64 months ago | reply)
One of the coolest pictures I've seen on Flickr.
ycq513 (62 months ago | reply)
Bill gates was so young at that time.
Sakall (43 months ago | reply)
only one had woman on this pic :)
Hammer Zanini Romulo (23 months ago | reply)
It's great!
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slagean_musy (18 months ago | reply)
Bearded Programmers!
Fresh Light (16 months ago | reply)
.......yes, a very nice paradise shot, impressive....................
Jerzjake (8 months ago | reply)
March 1977 I’m driving a yellow Ford Van from LA back to NJ. I’m on Rt 40 Albuquerque, NM I picked up two hitchhikers their names are Bob and Marla. They tell me that they are comming from Albuquerque during the ride they talk me into driving them off of rt 40 down 5 miles of dirt roads. We get to the place there is more people staying there most of them look like hippies so I think this is some kind of commune all a bunch of nice people I hang out for a while. I just figured this out a few months ago when I came by the Microsoft family picture and read the article they were the original Microsoft family.
splasH199019 (6 months ago | reply)
awesome :)