While many in the SharePoint community have been working on Bob 2.0 for the last year many aren't aware of Bob Fox's previous life as Bob Beta 1. The year was 1995, grunge was on its way out, the Internet was a new frontier,  and  Windows NT and the desktop were king. In an effort to appeal to the average uninitiated novice computer user Microsoft secretly started work on a Top Secret consumer friendly OS that would revolutionize the industry.   To better understand the needs of the average consumer a far reaching search was undertaken to find the perfect person who's thought patterns would act as the basis for the end user experience on the new and innovative operating system. Microsoft marketing researched the best locations in which to advertise for this perfect individual.  Advertisements were placed in every beer distributor, state liquor store, strip club, and casino from coast to coast. One fateful Thursday morning Bob, rumor was a newly unemployed VMS administrator, entered a liquor store to drown his sorrows in the bottle. Instead he stepped through the door and into infamy ....

Some blamed it on Microsoft marketing while others felt the world wasn't quite ready. As for me my 47 beta floppies of MS Bob Beta1 will always hold a special place close to my heart with the hopes that some day the world will be ready...