Writings

Essays, commentary, etc. The sidebar will take you directly to some of the more recent writings.

Background

To learn more about me, see my bio.

I've been working with computers since 1963. I graduated MIT with my undergraduate degrees in 1970 and continued in graduate school. I worked on the Multics projects as well as used the predecessor of the Internet beginning in 1969. Commercially I supported online services since 1966. In 1979 I went from the mainframe world to the PC industry and co-founded Software Arts with Dan Bricklin where I implemented his concept of VisiCalc. I was with Lotus Development from 1986 to 1990 where I created Lotus Express (and started Lotus.com though it was before the Web). At Microsoft from 1993 to 1998 I championed "IP Everywhere" thus making networking accessible to consumers as "Home Networking".

I am now on my own pursuing a number of projects among them, trying to explain the larger concepts of IP everywhere (see the essays for more).

Contacting Me

You can send me email: Bob Frankston.

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