Wes Cherry, the creator of masterpiece of time thief game "Solitaire", is currently working on "Apple"

The game "Solitaire" which was installed in the Microsoft Windows series and became known around the world with the explosive hit of Windows 95 should have been played once by a person who owns a Windows machine. An interview that Mr. Wes Cherry himself appeared has been released publicly, who is one person who gave birth to a solitaire that can be said to be one of the most famous games in the world.

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This person is Wes Cherry. In 1988 when I worked for Microsoft as an intern, I heard that he developed solitaire using idle time.


At that time Microsoft interns seemed to have been given a lot of work, Mr. Cherry was working busy. I heard that solitaire was developed in such a situation.


Solitaire uses a mouse to move playing cards on the screen, packing patterns and numbers according to the rules.



There should be many people who wanted to see this screen displayed when all the cards were arranged.


Cherry says that he made solitaire because the number of games in Windows is small.


In the 1990s, computers were popularized in general households. Therefore, Microsoft said that "Solitaire used to be accustomed to how to use the mouse", but he said that he actually put games as pleasure in reality.


When I first released solitaire, Bill Gates says that he was also complaining that "Solitaire is too difficult".


Literally solitaire grabbed the hearts of many people. Even though I was at work, I was supposed to have played a lot. Cherry says, "It may not be an overstatement to say that the economy of the world has slowed down a bit since solitaire appeared (laugh)".


One of the ideas I thought of Mr. Cherry was "Boss key". Even though I was playing Kosori like this while working as ...


Spreadsheet software is displayed on the screen by hitting a specific key. However, I heard that this plan was dismissed.


Solitaire continued to be installed in Windows even after that. To the question "Is not it a big money you got?"


"No, I have not received a cent," confession of conflict. "If you copy the program and keep it at hand, it will be a millionaire now."


"So, what is your current job?" Cherry says, "I am working at Apple right now," a surprising answer. However, ...


Apple was also a true "apple" in Apple, Cherry's case.


Mr. Cherry seems to be doing business of "Apple Dragon's Head Cider" company which produces apple cider in Bashon island which leaves the computer industry and is close to Seattle.

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