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Jim Lane (Microsoft)
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Jim Lane is an American
who was one of the original staff of Microsoft
. He worked on forging the relationship between Microsoft and Intel, the so-called "Wintel
" alliance. Bob Wallace, Gordon Letwin, and Jim Lane were the original members of Microsoft's Languages group. Lane worked on Microsoft's Pascal compiler, and was Project Lead for the FORTRAN compiler before leaving Microsoft in 1985. He has run his own small software company since the early 1990s, working on compilers, embedded systems, network protocols, and occasional computer games. In the early 1990s, he worked under contract to Digital Equipment Corp, porting Microsoft's Visual C/C++ compiler to the DEC Alpha. He has been a speaker several times at the annual Games Designers Conferences, and was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Seattle Area Unix Users' Group. Before working At Microsoft, Lane worked at Digital Group, in Denver, Colo, where he originated the concept of the luggable computer. He lives in a high-end suburb in Seattle's Eastside. His hobbies include math, cognitive science
, Argentine Tango
, and art photography.
Regarding the Associated Press April, 2000 article "A look at Microsoft's first 11 employees", Lane has said "They spelled all of the names right, but got almost everything else wrong."
United States
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who was one of the original staff of Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
. He worked on forging the relationship between Microsoft and Intel, the so-called "Wintel
Wintel
Wintel is a portmanteau of Windows and Intel, referring to personal computers using Intel x86 compatible processors running Microsoft Windows...
" alliance. Bob Wallace, Gordon Letwin, and Jim Lane were the original members of Microsoft's Languages group. Lane worked on Microsoft's Pascal compiler, and was Project Lead for the FORTRAN compiler before leaving Microsoft in 1985. He has run his own small software company since the early 1990s, working on compilers, embedded systems, network protocols, and occasional computer games. In the early 1990s, he worked under contract to Digital Equipment Corp, porting Microsoft's Visual C/C++ compiler to the DEC Alpha. He has been a speaker several times at the annual Games Designers Conferences, and was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Seattle Area Unix Users' Group. Before working At Microsoft, Lane worked at Digital Group, in Denver, Colo, where he originated the concept of the luggable computer. He lives in a high-end suburb in Seattle's Eastside. His hobbies include math, cognitive science
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
, Argentine Tango
Argentine Tango
Argentine tango is a musical genre of simple quadruple metre and binary musical form, and the social dance that accompanies it. Its lyrics and music are marked by nostalgia, expressed through melodic instruments including the bandoneon. Originated at the ending of the 19th century in the suburbs of...
, and art photography.
Regarding the Associated Press April, 2000 article "A look at Microsoft's first 11 employees", Lane has said "They spelled all of the names right, but got almost everything else wrong."