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Microsoft Bob: Microsoft's biggest flop of the 1990s
It was a little too cute and a little too slow, and that led to a massive failure.
Microsoft Bob presented screens showing a house, with rooms that the user could visit containing familiar objects corresponding to computer applications, such as a desk with pen and paper and a checkbook. Consuming an additional 30 megabytes on the disc in the era of dial-up internet access might deter users with 56 kbit/s modems from attempting to download the software illegally. He invests in real estate on the side and his hobbies include O gauge trains, baseball cards, and retro computers and video games.
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