Fun fact, while Trower was the manager who got Windows moving, it was Gabe Newell who served as the lead developer of Windows versions 1, 2, and 3. Win95 was the first version he wasn’t really involved with. By that time, he was working on porting Doom to Windows.

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NikolaNovak 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sorry, are we saying Valve Gabe Newell? That's blowing my mind from both timeline and area perspective.

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mikestew 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yup, where do you think he got the money to start Valve? :-)

	▲	Folcon 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yep, I still do love this little factoid

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ndisn 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He notably worked at Microsoft before founding Valve.

	▲	bombcar 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I believe he’s confirmed that his time at Microsoft both gave him the money and the desire to make Valve and Steam.

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keepamovin 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I love this kind of lore. Thanks for enhancing

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blisscast 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He's an awesome guy!

	▲	nik282000 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If you play any Valve games with commentary he prefaces them with an invitation to email him directly with comments or questions. He's said that he doesn't have time to answer every one but he tries to read them all. For a multi-yacht owning, industry driving billionaire, he does seem pretty cool.