Pavel Curtis
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Pavel Curtis is an American software architect at Microsoft
who is best known for having founded and managed LambdaMOO
, an online community. He created LambdaMOO during his 13-1/2 years as a member of the research staff at Xerox PARC
, from 1983 to 1996, where he worked in the areas of programming language design and implementation, programming environments, and online collaboration systems. Curtis left Xerox in 1997 to become a principal architect and co-founder of PlaceWare
, a web-conferencing company that was acquired by Microsoft in 2003.
Outside of work, Curtis is now the sole proprietor of Pavel's Puzzles, a website selling mechanical puzzles, mostly designed by him.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
who is best known for having founded and managed LambdaMOO
LambdaMOO
LambdaMOO is an online community of the variety called a MOO. It is the oldest MOO today.LambdaMOO was founded in late 1990 or early 1991 by Pavel Curtis at Xerox PARC. Now hosted in the state of Washington, it is operated and administered entirely on a volunteer basis...
, an online community. He created LambdaMOO during his 13-1/2 years as a member of the research staff at Xerox PARC
Xerox PARC
PARC , formerly Xerox PARC, is a research and co-development company in Palo Alto, California, with a distinguished reputation for its contributions to information technology and hardware systems....
, from 1983 to 1996, where he worked in the areas of programming language design and implementation, programming environments, and online collaboration systems. Curtis left Xerox in 1997 to become a principal architect and co-founder of PlaceWare
PlaceWare
PlaceWare was founded in 1996 as a spin-off from Xerox PARC by Pavel Curtis, the founder of LambdaMOO, Mike Dixon, David Nichols, Richard Bruce, and Bob Krivacic.In 2003, Microsoft acquired PlaceWare and renamed its core product Microsoft Office Live Meeting....
, a web-conferencing company that was acquired by Microsoft in 2003.
Outside of work, Curtis is now the sole proprietor of Pavel's Puzzles, a website selling mechanical puzzles, mostly designed by him.