Editing Richard Brodie (programmer) (section)

{{Short description|American computer programmer and author (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox poker player
| name = Richard Brodie
| nickname = ''Quiet Lion''
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| residence = [[Kirkland, Washington]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 10, 1959}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Newton, Massachusetts]], U.S.}}
| wsop bracelet count = ''None''
| wsop final tables = 
| wsop money finishes = 8
| wsop main event best finish rank = ''None''
| wsop main event best finish year =
| wpt titles = ''None''
| wpt final tables = 0
| wpt money finishes = 6
}}

'''Richard Reeves Brodie''' (born November 10, 1959) is an American [[computer programmer]] and author. He wrote the first version of [[Microsoft Word]].<ref name=Tsang>{{cite book | title = Microsoft: First Generation | author = Cheryl Tsang | year = 1999 | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | isbn = 0-471-33206-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/microsoftfirstge00cher }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://blogs.msdn.com/rick_schaut/archive/2004/05/19/135315.aspx | title = Anatomy of a Software Bug | author = Rick Schaut | date = May 19, 2004 | work = MSDN Blogs | accessdate = December 2, 2006}}</ref> After leaving Microsoft, he became a [[motivational speaker]] and authored two books.