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This video is pretty lengthy but well worth a watch; the oral history of Alan Cooper, the 'father of Visual Basic'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtGFgaKYI0

EDIT: One highlight is where Alan Cooper gets a cease-and-desist letter from Microsoft for calling himself 'The Father of Visual Basic'...

https://youtu.be/-wtGFgaKYI0?t=9666