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Ballmer's TCP/IP Problem
- On his second day at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer asked James Allard to help with TCP/IP, which Ballmer didn't understand.
- Allard, a young networking expert, was hired to improve Microsoft's networking capabilities.
Allard's Internet Evangelism
- James Allard championed Internet integration in Windows 95, believing it was the future of computing.
- He became Microsoft's face to the Internet community, joining the IETF and Internet Society.
Early Internet Memos
- In 1994, Allard wrote a memo, "Windows, the next killer application on the Internet," advocating for Internet integration in Windows.
- Steven Sinofsky, Gates' technical assistant, also promoted the Internet after witnessing its prevalence at Cornell.