# Marlin Eller

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American programmer

Marlin Eller Occupation Programmer Known for Development at Microsoft, authoring Barbarians Led by Bill Gates

**Marlin Eller** is an American programmer who was a manager and a software developer at [Microsoft Corporation](/source/Microsoft) from 1982 to 1995, and he was development lead for the [Graphics Device Interface](/source/Graphics_Device_Interface) of [Windows 1.0](/source/Windows_1.0) and also for [Pen Windows](/source/Pen_Windows).[1][2] He was also a co-founder and the CEO of Sunhawk Digital Music LLC.[3] He was later chairman of the game development company [Reflexive Entertainment](/source/Reflexive_Entertainment).[4]

Eller also co-authored the book *[Barbarians Led by Bill Gates](/source/Barbarians_Led_by_Bill_Gates)* with Jennifer Edstrom.

Eller received his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from [Whitman College](/source/Whitman_College) in 1974. He then went on for his Master of Science in mathematics from the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington).[3]

## See also

- [Pen computing](/source/Pen_computing)

## Bibliography

- 1995 *Multiple-Scattering Calculations of X-Ray Absorption Spectra*, [The American Physical Society](/source/American_Physical_Society)[3]

- 1998 *[Barbarians Led by Bill Gates](/source/Barbarians_Led_by_Bill_Gates)*, co-authored with Jennifer Edstrom, Henry Holt, Inc., 256 pp., [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8050-5754-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8050-5754-4)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [ERCB: Barbarians Led by Bill Gates](http://www.ercb.com/brief/brief.0073.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [PC World - Analysis: What Bill Gates's Departure Means for Microsoft](http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126127-page,1/article.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Sheet_Music_Now_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Sheet_Music_Now_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Sheet_Music_Now_3-2) [Sheet Music Now](https://sheetmusicnow.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070929231227/http://www.freehandsystems.com/management.html) 2007-09-29 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Reflexive's CEO talks with GameZone - PC News](http://pc.gamezone.com/news/01_24_02_09_14AM.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071129215920/http://pc.gamezone.com/news/01_24_02_09_14AM.htm) 2007-11-29 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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