Abstract:
Players recently discovered Gabe Newell's name in a long-term inconspicuous production list of Windows 1.0, which provides direct evidence for his participation in Microsoft's early Windows development. This period of time at Microsoft has long been known, and the new discovery is limited to this list of evidence.
Gabe Newell joined Microsoft in 1983, about two years before the first version of Windows launched in November 1985. He stayed at Microsoft for about 13 years, working on the first three versions of Windows, until leaving in 1996 to co-found Valve with Mike Harrington.
This list also makes a popular joke lose its timeline basis. In the past, some people claimed that Newell had left Microsoft before the launch of Windows 3.0, which later led to the theory that he was "afraid of the number 3" and therefore there would be no "Half-Life 3". But Windows 3.0 was launched in 1990, and Newell didn't leave until six years later. While at Microsoft, he also participated in the Windows porting of "Doom" to prove that the system was not just suitable for office software.
After leaving Microsoft, Newell's relationship with his former employer gradually became complicated. He criticized Windows 8 in 2012. Since then, Valve has continued to invest in Linux versions of Steam, SteamOS, Proton and Steam Deck.
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