Solitaire is undoubtedly the most famous game of Windows and Microsoft is unlikely to create something similar that is as addictive as the popular card game.
But as far as it is concerned Solitaire or Solitaire, if you prefer, few people really know how the title was created and how it ended up becoming the top Windows game to date.
It was created by Wes Cherry when he made his summer internship at 1988 in Microsoft, before it was finally included in Windows 3.0.
But read the story of the game and its maker who is currently practicing the cider-brewed profession (alcoholic beverage from apples).
A article in reddit reveals that the creator of solitaire never won a single cent from the game and today practices as a cider maker having made the company Dragons Head Cider making alcoholic products from apples.
"I wrote it for Windows 2.1 in my spare time while interning at Microsoft during the summer of 1988. I had been playing a similar solitaire game on the Mac instead of studying for college finals and wanted a version για μένα για τα Windows. Εκείνη την εποχή υπήρχε μια “εσωτερική εταιρεία μέσα στην εταιρεία” που ονομαζόταν Bogus software. Ήταν ουσιαστικά ένας server όπου ένα μάτσο παιδιά διασκεδάζανε κάνοντας hacking στα Windows για να μάθουν για τα API” εξήγησε ο Wes Cherry.
"A person in charge of the proletterfor the Windows team saw this and decided to include it in Windows 3.0. He made it clear that he would not pay me, only give me one computer IBM XT to fix some bugs during the school year. I was absolutely fine with this agreement, as I am to this day."
If you're wondering what's going on, Wes Cherry has finally worked for Microsoft in the Excel team but in the meantime he has created a second game called Pipe Dream. Although the game was less popular than the Solitaire, it earned some money from it, in the form of Microsoft shares, which it decided to sell later for a few thousand dollars.
