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{{Short description|American software developer and early Microsoft employee}}
'''Gordon Letwin''' is an ] ] who is known for being one of the original twelve ] employees.<ref name="25years">{{cite news | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/notebook/0,9485,1101000501,00.html | title=25 Years Ago At Microsoft | work=] | date=], ] | accessdate=2006-09-16}}</ref>
'''James Gordon Letwin''' (born July 2, 1952)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicbackgroundchecks.com/SearchResponse.aspx?view=NM&fn=GORDON&mn=&ln=LETWIN&city=&state=&zip=&dob=19520702&age= |title=You searched: Gordon Letwin 19520702|publisher=Public Background Checks |date= |accessdate=April 10, 2011}}</ref> is an American ] and one of the eleven early ] employees who posed for an ] taken in Albuquerque in 1978.<ref name="25years">{{cite magazine | url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,996817,00.html | title=25 Years Ago At Microsoft | magazine=] | date=May 1, 2000 | access-date=September 16, 2006}}</ref>


Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked for ], porting '']'' to the computer<ref name="shoemaker198106">{{Cite magazine |last=Shoemaker |first=D C |date=June 1981 |title=Treasures on Disk |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1981-06/1981_06_BYTE_06-06_Operating_Systems#page/n15/mode/2up |department=Letters |magazine=] |page=14}}</ref> and working on ] and ].
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While at Microsoft, Letwin worked on a number of projects. His first project at Microsoft was writing a ] compiler. He is most noted for being the lead architect of the ] ] on the Microsoft side, with ] being the lead architect from ]'s side. Letwin contributed much of the design and code for several core components, including the ] ].<ref>{{cite book | title=Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft | first=G. Pascal | last=Zachary | authorlink=G. Pascal Zachary | year=1994 | publisher=Warner Books | isbn=0-02-935671-7}}</ref> Letwin's first project at Microsoft was writing a ] compiler. He is most noted for being the lead architect of the ] ] on the Microsoft side, with ] being the lead architect from ]'s side. Letwin contributed much of the design and code for several core components, including the ] ].<ref>{{cite book | title=Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft | first=G. Pascal | last=Zachary | year=1994 | publisher=Warner Books | isbn=0-02-935671-7 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/showstopperbreak00zach }}</ref>


Letwin left Microsoft in 1993 to "kick back" with his wife.<ref>{{cite news |author=Associated Press |title=A look at Microsoft's first 11 employees |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20010424144910/http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/ms7804122000.htm |publisher=Boston Herald |date=], ] |accessdate=2007-02-21 }}</ref> While at Microsoft he had become a millionaire, with a 2000 '']'' article estimating his worth at around $20 million.<ref name="25years" /> Since leaving Microsoft, Letwin has donated substantial amounts of money to environmental causes via the ], a charitable foundation created by him and his wife, Rose.<ref name="25years" /> Letwin left Microsoft in 1993 to "kick back" with his wife.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=A look at Microsoft's first 11 employees |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/ms7804122000.htm |newspaper=Boston Herald |date=April 12, 2000 |accessdate=February 21, 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010424144910/http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/ms7804122000.htm |archivedate = April 24, 2001}}</ref> While at Microsoft he had become a millionaire, with a 2000 '']'' article estimating his worth at around $20 million.<ref name="25years" /> Since leaving Microsoft, Letwin has donated substantial amounts of money to environmental causes via the ], a charitable foundation created by him and his wife, Rose.<ref name="25years" />

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==References== ==References==
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==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
* Letwin, Gordon (1988). ''Inside OS/2''. Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-55615-117-9. * Letwin, Gordon (1988). ''Inside OS/2''. Microsoft Press. {{ISBN|1-55615-117-9}}.


==External links== ==External links==
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* - Business Insider, January 2011

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American software developer and early Microsoft employee

James Gordon Letwin (born July 2, 1952) is an American software developer and one of the eleven early Microsoft employees who posed for an iconic staff portrait taken in Albuquerque in 1978.

Prior to joining Microsoft, he worked for Heathkit, porting Colossal Cave Adventure to the computer and working on HDOS and Benton Harbor BASIC.

Letwin's first project at Microsoft was writing a BASIC compiler. He is most noted for being the lead architect of the OS/2 operating system on the Microsoft side, with Ed Iacobucci being the lead architect from IBM's side. Letwin contributed much of the design and code for several core components, including the HPFS file system.

Letwin left Microsoft in 1993 to "kick back" with his wife. While at Microsoft he had become a millionaire, with a 2000 Time article estimating his worth at around $20 million. Since leaving Microsoft, Letwin has donated substantial amounts of money to environmental causes via the Wilburforce Foundation, a charitable foundation created by him and his wife, Rose.

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References

  1. "You searched: Gordon Letwin 19520702". Public Background Checks. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "25 Years Ago At Microsoft". Time. May 1, 2000. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
  3. Shoemaker, D C (June 1981). "Treasures on Disk". Letters. Byte. p. 14.
  4. Zachary, G. Pascal (1994). Showstopper! The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft. Warner Books. ISBN 0-02-935671-7.
  5. "A look at Microsoft's first 11 employees". Boston Herald. Associated Press. April 12, 2000. Archived from the original on April 24, 2001. Retrieved February 21, 2007.

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