Serial space tourist Charles Simonyi is going back again — to his former employer, Microsoft.
When Simonyi quit as Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect in 2002, it was to create a start-up devoted to making programming simpler. Now Microsoft has agreed to acquire that company, Intentional Software.
During his absence from Microsoft, Simonyi also found time to fly to the International Space Station — twice. He made his first trip in 2007 and liked it so much that he went back again two years later.
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