Dave Plummer
Canadian-American programmer who wrote Windows Task Manager; host of Dave's Garage.
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- David William Plummer (born 1968, Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian-American programmer and entrepreneur.
- He joined Microsoft in 1993 as an intern in the MS-DOS group and worked on MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows NT; he wrote Task Manager, ported Space Cadet Pinball to Windows NT and added ZIP file support to Windows.
- He left Microsoft in 2003 to start the software vendor SoftwareOnline.
- In 2018 he started the YouTube channel Dave's Garage.
Key facts
- Born
- 1968, Regina, Saskatchewan1
- Microsoft
- 1993 to 2003: MS-DOS 6.2, Windows NT, Task Manager, Space Cadet Pinball, ZIP folders1
- After
- Founded SoftwareOnline LLC (2003)1
- YouTube
- Dave's Garage (from 2018), Dave's Attic1
Roles
Before
Part of until 2003
Microsoft (engineer; joined as an MS-DOS intern; wrote Task Manager, ported Space Cadet Pinball to Windows NT) source on Microsoft
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