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Windows 95 Turns 10

ColdGrits writes "It's hard to believe it, but 10 short years ago today saw the launch of Windows '95. Here is an archive of the Washington Post's story on the day. As part of the launch, Microsoft paid $12,000,000 for the rights to use the Rolling Stones' song "Start Me Up" (containing the prophetic line 'You make a grown man cry'). "

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  1. Re:yadda yadda by FreakyGeeky · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, though it's not exactly the same kind of site, I've found myself visiting digg.com more often because of this kind of childishness.

  2. Re:...the same features we delivered seven years a by cspring007 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think Microsoft pays people to read slashdot and defend its crappy products. Also, Monad is a misspelling of what the os really is Gonad