abstract:Mike Robertson (born 19 August 1950 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is a Norwegian programmer known for his bulletin board system (BBS) software MBBS. He moved to Norway in 1971, and started his own company in 1982, Gallagher & Robertson, a software house specializing in communications.
He had only the 17th-fastest qualifying time, but he emerged from the four rounds of group racing to take the title, edging Canadian Mike Robertson at the finish.
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CNN's Elise Labott, Jeanne Meserve, Carol Cratty, Richard Quest, Nic Robertson, Christian Purefoy, Tom Cohen, Mike Ahlers, Alona Rivord, Mohammed Jamjoom, Miguel Susana and Barbara Starr contributed to this report.