![]() ![]() In 2006, Plummer's company was sued by The Washington State Attorney General’s Office for alleged violations of the Consumer Protection Act after complaints were made about two products called "Registry Cleaner" and "InternetShield". Plummer left Microsoft in 2003 to start his own company, SoftwareOnline LLC, which went on to sell millions of copies of first and third party utilities software for Windows. During his tenure with Microsoft, Plummer worked on software such as MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows NT, including notable features like Task Manager and Space Cadet Pinball. Plummer eventually showed his newly developed program to Dave Cutler, who allowed him to bring his project into work, upload it to the system, and fine tune the program into what was eventually released with the 1996 shipments of Microsoft computers. While employed at Microsoft, Plummer began creating the Task Manager program at his home. Plummer said in a 2021 interview: "As intern I wrote a bunch of major features, like Smart Drive cache for CD-ROM, and DISKCOPY". He began his career with Microsoft as an intern in the MS-DOS department, working for Ben Slivka, but was later offered a full-time job with the company for $35,000 a year. CareerĪfter landing an intensive interview with Microsoft, Plummer moved to Redmond, Washington, and began working for the tech company in 1993. He also wrote a book about his experiences with autism and how it has impacted his life, titled Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire: Everything I know about Autism, ASD, and Asperger's that I wish I'd known back then. Plummer revealed in a 2021 YouTube video that he is autistic, and has Attention Deficit Disorder. Īs of 2021, Plummer lives with his wife Nicole and their four children, ages 14, 15, 21 and 22, in Sammamish, Washington. ![]() ![]() He then enrolled in the University of Regina and graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor's of Science with High Honors Computer Science. After working various jobs and programming a computer game with a friend, he returned to high school at the age of 21 and graduated. As a teenager, he created several video games for the Commodore 64, including Tour de Force. ![]() He attended Miller High School, but dropped out during his senior year. Shortly after, his mother enrolled him in a computer class at the University of Regina that was offered to the community. He began going there every week to use and explore their computers. Plummer discovered that the University of Regina had a computer lab that he could access on Saturday mornings. When he was 11, he had his first interaction with a computer at a local RadioShack he helped them set up their newly arrived computer even though he had no previous experience. As a child, Plummer spent much of his free time at his father's hardware store and his grandfather's workshop. Plummer was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is also known for his YouTube channels, Dave's Garage, and Dave's Attic. He holds the world record score for the video game Tempest. He has been issued six patents in the software engineering space. He created the Task Manager for Windows, the Space Cadet Pinball ports to Windows NT, Zip file support for Windows, HyperCache for the Amiga and many other software products. David William Plummer (born 1968 ) is a Canadian-American programmer and entrepreneur. ![]()
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