Mike Neil
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Mike Neil is an American software engineer. Promoted to General Manager of Windows Server and Server Virtualization at Microsoft
in September 2009, Neil joined Microsoft as part of the company’s February 2003 acquisition of Connectix
Corporation. While at Connectix, Neil was the Vice President of Engineering and worked on the original team that developed Virtual PC for Mac, allowing Apple Macintosh computers to run Microsoft Windows
. Neil was also one of the founders of Pixo
Inc., a small company that developed operating systems and applications for handheld devices, the most notable of which is the Apple iPod. With Apple software designers Dave Lyons, Andy Nicholas and Jim Murphy, Neil co-developed the first version of Apple IIGS Gus Apple IIGS#Gushttp://apple2history.org/museum/screenshots/gsos_gus.html, a software emulator. He secured his first job, in Apple's Developer Technical Support group, after winning MacHack in 1992 with IRMan: http://www.hax.com/MacHack/HackContest.html. Prior to beginning his career, Neil attended the University of Michigan.
Mike is now living in the Seattle area and is an avid wakesurfer and wakeboarder, and a member of the Northwest Wakesurf Association.
Neil's industry analysis from his time at Microsoft includes below:
° February 2006 Microsoft Channel 9 video on Virtualization: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=163022
° The Growing Case for Virtualization: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/sep08/09-16virtualization.mspx
Neil is referenced on the following sites:
° The MacsBug secret about box: http://developer.apple.com/tools/debuggers/MacsBug/aboutbox.html
° In some of the earliest QuickTime movies: http://dierks.org/tim/movies/
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...
in September 2009, Neil joined Microsoft as part of the company’s February 2003 acquisition of Connectix
Connectix
Connectix Corporation was a software and hardware company, noted for having released innovative products that were either made obsolete as Apple Computer incorporated the ideas into system software, or were sold to other companies once they become popular...
Corporation. While at Connectix, Neil was the Vice President of Engineering and worked on the original team that developed Virtual PC for Mac, allowing Apple Macintosh computers to run Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
. Neil was also one of the founders of Pixo
Pixo
Pixo was a company that developed infrastructure for hand-held devices. It was founded in 1994 when Paul Mercer, a software developer at Apple, left to form his own company. The company developed a system software toolkit in C++ for use on cell phones and other hand-held devices...
Inc., a small company that developed operating systems and applications for handheld devices, the most notable of which is the Apple iPod. With Apple software designers Dave Lyons, Andy Nicholas and Jim Murphy, Neil co-developed the first version of Apple IIGS Gus Apple IIGS#Gushttp://apple2history.org/museum/screenshots/gsos_gus.html, a software emulator. He secured his first job, in Apple's Developer Technical Support group, after winning MacHack in 1992 with IRMan: http://www.hax.com/MacHack/HackContest.html. Prior to beginning his career, Neil attended the University of Michigan.
Mike is now living in the Seattle area and is an avid wakesurfer and wakeboarder, and a member of the Northwest Wakesurf Association.
Neil's industry analysis from his time at Microsoft includes below:
° February 2006 Microsoft Channel 9 video on Virtualization: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=163022
° The Growing Case for Virtualization: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/sep08/09-16virtualization.mspx
Neil is referenced on the following sites:
° The MacsBug secret about box: http://developer.apple.com/tools/debuggers/MacsBug/aboutbox.html
° In some of the earliest QuickTime movies: http://dierks.org/tim/movies/