Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Eno, a longtime critic of the Israeli government who’s backed pro-Palestine efforts, said on Instagram he would use his original ...

Brian Eno has penned an open letter to Microsoft urging the tech company to disinvest in Israel and has pledged to donate his fee from the six second chime he originally composed for Windows 95 ...

Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel: 'If you knowingly build systems that can enable war crimes, ...

Brian Eno has urged Microsoft to cut ties with Israel in an open letter, in which he also pledged to donate his fee from the Windows 95 chime he composed for them to aid for Palestine.. READ MORE ...

Three decades after composing the iconic Windows 95 startup jingle, Brian Eno has published an open letter to Microsoft, calling out the company for selling technology to Israel amid the country ...

Brian Eno has posted an open letter to Microsoft asking them to cut ties with Israel. The musician, producer and ambient pioneer famously composed the now iconic seven second start-up chime for ...

Brian Eno Slams Microsoft for Providing Israeli Military With Tech 30 Years After He Crafted Windows 95 Startup Sound. The artist argues the company has an "ethical responsibility" to cut ties ...

Brian Eno’s Windows 95 start-up sound just got preserved forever in the US Library of Congress. Daniel Griffiths. Fri, April 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM UTC. 4 min read.

Brian Eno, one of the all-time great art-music legends, is now 76 years old, and he’s not slowing down one bit. ... Eno’s Microsoft Windows Reboot Chime also made the cut.

Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel: 'If you knowingly build systems that can enable war crimes, ...

Ironically, while Windows 95’s welcome chime accompanied one of the most successful computers of all time, Eno never owned one. “I wrote it on a Mac,” he confessed to the BBC in 2011.

Thus Eno was commissioned to give Windows 95 ‘a voice’ and ‘personality’. There was only one catch. In order to fit inside the OS and the world’s weakling PCs it had to be less than ...