John Socha-Leialoha (born 1958) is a software developer best known for creating Norton Commander, the first orthodox file manager.
[1] In the early days of the IBM PC, John Socha wrote a column for the now defunct magazine Softalk, where he published such programs as ScrnSave, KbdBuffer (extending the keyboard buffer), and Whereis (finding files on a hard disk).
The built-in screensaver (night sky with stars) was one of the most distinctive features of Norton Commander, along with the two-panel blue screen.
[3] In December 2004, John Socha co-authored Optimize Your Pocket PC Development with the .NET Compact Framework for MSDN Magazine.
), but I never finished writing the book because one small utility took on a life of its own.John Socha continued work on his VDOS program after joining Peter Norton Computing as their first director of research and development.
John maintains a YouTube channel on which he discusses small scale CNC machining and injection molding fabrication techniques.