In a two part special for Defrag Tools, Larry Osterman joins Larry Larsen, Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder to celebrate Larry's 30 years at Microsoft. We travel to the Microsoft Archives building to reminisce over a selection of products that Microsoft has produced over Larry's 30 year career.

Resources:

Microsoft Archives - Campus Tours

Microsoft Archives - Microspotting

Larry Osterman's Weblog

Larry Osterman on Channel 9

Timeline:

[00:00] - 30 Years!

[00:38] - Service glass (5/10/15/20/25yrs below)

[01:40] - Microsoft Archives

[02:27] - Flight Simulator (Press Release for 2015)

[02:47] - Binders, inc. 8" floppy

[04:35] - Cobol

[05:12] - Iconography

[07:42] - Amy's selection of Larry's products

[08:02] - MS-DOS, inc. 5¼" & 3½" floppies

[10:16] - LAN Manager

[13:11] - Microsoft Interactive Television - 20yrs before Netflix

[16:52] - Exchange

[24:10] - Windows 3.1

[26:48] - Windows 3.5 - Daytona

[27:32] - 'New Technology', Windows NT, OS/2

[32:58] - Scalability Day - Windows vs. Mainframe

[33:46] - Larry still has the ATM card!

[36:38] - The NCR ATM from Scalability Day

[37:58] - So did Larry donate the card? No, a few already were in the collection.

[38:46] - More next week... inc. the MS Mouse, Clippy and Buildings 1-4

Congratulations Larry on 30yrs - you're an inspiration to so many!



