I always wanted this especially when I first moved here 20 years ago.

What was your gain on the 15,625 shares you did own? What year did you sell them?

It sounds like he probably forgot about them until his trader friends brought up nvidia. Otherwise why would he go digging through his documents upon being reminded?

I thought they were resurrecting Microsoft Bob, the operating system for kids.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob

Naming a new product which is a "partner that helps you by making it easier" "Bob" seems like a... lack of historical awareness?

Hey now, sure, Microsoft Bob didn't get us ordinary users a "partner that helps you by making it easier", but it DID help MS Bob product owner Melinda French get a "partner that helps you by getting 10+ billion dollars" in the end, amiright?

Maybe IBM is signalling it is likewise hoping for 10 billion dollars while also realizing the (AI) partner might not end up being that helpful either??

After what we've learned about Billy gates in the last year im not certain that's such a good deal.

It's a reference to Bob the builder, the children's TV show. You know, because AI IDEs help you build stuff

MS Bob was for adults… although there were kid dedicated areas, like the den, and I seem to remember packard bell navigator being a kid-friendly reskin.

It was for adults, but the design was quite childish.

for… kids? :/

Children were, and are, permitted to use the computer.

My first thought as well!!

I was thinking of the game Outrun in the Red Ferrari driving around SF.