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Re: [eclipsecon-na-program-committee] Keynote ideas
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Hi,
Googling a bit I found Charles Simonyi who will give the keynote "The Magic of Software" at
http://models2013.lcc.uma.es/keynotes.html
Unfortunately there's no video of this session because it seems he's never given it before, but I find his bio interesting:
Charles Simonyi is a high-tech pioneer, philanthropist and space traveler. He was the chief architect of Microsoft Word,
Excel and other widely-used application programs. He left Microsoft to found Intentional Software, which aims to develop
and market computer software for knowledge processing. His passion for science and for space has led him to travel into
space twice aboard Soyuz spacecraft, becoming the fifth space tourist and the first ever tourist to fly twice.
Dr. Simonyi moved to the United States from Budapest, Hungary in 1968 to attend the University of California, Berkeley,
where he earned his B.S. in engineering mathematics. Simonyi went to Stanford to receive his Ph.D. in computer science.
He also has honorary doctorates from the University of Pecs in Hungary and from the Julliard School in NY. Beginning in
1972 at Xerox PARC, Simonyi created the first WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editor called Bravo. After
nearly a decade at Xerox PARC, Simonyi began his work at Microsoft in 1981 as director of application development, chief
architect, and distinguished engineer.
Here's a video of him about "The History of Microsoft": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcPA3ug9QvM
Cheers
/Eike
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