Chris Hooper

2. What was the timeframe you worked at Microware?
1996-2000

3. What was your job title(s) and what did you do at Microware?
Senior Software Engineer through Architect
User utilities (dir, fixmod, make, etc), XHOST utils
(os9copy, etc)
OS9 Cardsoft, TrueFFS ports
Ariel OS kernel UI, networking support

4. What is your most interesting or vivid memory of Microware?
Somebody needs a little refresher course!

5. What were some of your favorite times at Microware?
Clivennium
Lunch sheepshead
Dinner sheepshead
Arcade in basement
Noon basketball
Working with the Ariel gang
Weekend poker
Adventureland
Iowa State Fair
Softball practice

6. Have any experiences, skills, or habits that you picked up at Microware made an impact on your life? Please share them with us.
I can now tell the difference between ROM and RAM. ;)

7. What was your reason for leaving Microware?
Wanted to head in a new direction, write some new code, get into filesystems and do more emulation projects.

8. What have you been doing career-wise since Microware?
I've been at 3PAR, a high end storage vendor.  Responsible for x86 node firmware, some Linux kernel drivers, and MIPS (soon ARM) drive cage firmware.

9. Tell us about your family: spouse, significant others, kids, pets, etc.
I married an alien, became a big toy, and will have a baby monkey.

10. Please attach up to three pictures of yourself, family, pets, and etc. to appear in the Reunion Highlights DVD. We prefer .jpg and .gif images.
Here's a picture of Rosy Li and Chris Hooper together.

11. Do you ever see other former Microware employees and do you have their email addresses?
I rarely see other former Microware employees.