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BonziBuddy, also capitalized as BonziBUDDY, was a desktop application that utilized [[Microsoft Agent]] technology. It was created by Joe and Jay Bonzi in 1999, released on bonzi.com and was available there until the site went defunct in 2008, which caused mirrors to start hosting the download. It would make jokes, tell facts, sing songs, talk, alongside other functions present in the application. BonziBuddy was discontinued in 2004 after the company that had created it had faced lawsuits regarding deceptive advertisements and a violation of COPPA. The first release of BonziBuddy was released in 1999 and used the Peedy character from Microsoft, but the creators swapped to their purple gorilla character called Bonzi in May 2000. | BonziBuddy, also capitalized as BonziBUDDY, was a desktop application that utilized [[Microsoft Agent]] technology. It was created by Joe and Jay Bonzi in 1999, released on bonzi.com and was available there until the site went defunct in 2008, which caused mirrors to start hosting the download. It would make jokes, tell facts, sing songs, talk, alongside other functions present in the application. BonziBuddy was discontinued in 2004 after the company that had created it had faced lawsuits regarding deceptive advertisements and a violation of COPPA. The first release of BonziBuddy was released in 1999 and used the Peedy character from Microsoft, but the creators swapped to their purple gorilla character called Bonzi in May 2000. | ||
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* BonziBuddy required Windows 95 or later to run on a computer and did not support Windows versions below Windows 95. | * BonziBuddy required Windows 95 or later to run on a computer and did not support Windows versions below Windows 95. | ||
** It also required that the computer it is being ran out have 16 MBs of RAM and 11 MBs of free disk space. | ** It also required that the computer it is being ran out have 16 MBs of RAM and 11 MBs of free disk space. | ||
* | * There was caution initially on whether or not it was safe to use BonziBuddy's ACS file elsewhere with other software such as MASH. However, it was later regarded as safe as ACS files cannot have malware built into them. | ||
[[Category:Software]] | [[Category:Software]] | ||