July 6, 2008
Soothe the savage daemon
Good old-fashioned trivia: Who is he and what is his claim to fame?

Cracked by Goyal , Rohan , udupendra , Debasish , jayanth , varuns88 and rajeshvj.
Answer
Brian Eno, creator of the (in)famous Windows 95 startup sound. Some missed out the second part, but i’m feeling generous :)

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July 6th, 2008 at 10:28 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1215408509 )
Brian Eno - Claim to fame “Joshua Tree - U2″ & “Viva la Vida - Coldplay”
What I don’t understand is the connection of the title of the question and relation to tech? (other than the electronic synthesizer)
July 6th, 2008 at 11:19 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1215411596 )
Brian eno, windows theme
July 6th, 2008 at 11:22 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1215411744 )
That is Brian Eno, and he has many claims to fame, all of them musical.
But on boiledbeans, I’d say you are referring to the Windows start up sound.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:00 am, GMT -0700 ( 1215414010 )
Brian Eno
Windows Startup Sound
Blind Guess taken by looking at the music equipment around him.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:30 am, GMT -0700 ( 1215415833 )
brian eno. composed the windows startup tune
July 7th, 2008 at 1:50 am, GMT -0700 ( 1215420623 )
Brian Eno, composer of “The Microsoft Sound”.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:40 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1215459653 )
Brian Eno.
Are you guys looking for the ‘disgraceful’ MS Windows 95 Startup sound ?
July 7th, 2008 at 9:44 pm, GMT -0700 ( 1215492258 )
Just guessing : Amar Bose.
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Tathagata Chatterjee