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Windows 95 Turns 10

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the start-me-up dept.

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:Ahh, nostalgia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Enough TMM, get a job... The perpetual first post thing is far past old...

  2. Man, that brings back memories. by Snar+Bloot · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Does anybody recall the old Windows 95 "Dongle" theory? That MS was going to crackdown on piracy of its new operating system by issuing a dongle with each copy. Robert X. Cringely stoked this rumor.

    http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/ 08/54817.aspx

    And I happen to know that Cringe A) got the info from a vaguely anonymous email; B) published it with no confirmation; and C) received the email below:

    >To: bob@cringely.com
    >Date: 5 Jul 95 09:28:27 -0700
    >From: yusufm
    >X-Exchange-Message-Id: C=US;A=
    >;P=MICROSOFT;l=RED-10-MSG950705092827FIX00A501
    >Subject: 7/3 Notes From Field
    >
    >The dongle thingamajig you wrote up is of course not correct. No such
    > thing required or in the box to use Windows 95. One of your more
    >whacky rumours...did you really believe it?
    >
    >Yusuf Mehdi
    >Product Manager, Windows 95
    >Microsoft

    How do I know this? ;-) I still have the original emails filed away from 10 years ago.

  3. I think the hype has been excessive, by bushboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No shit !

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  4. Huh, go figure by dayhox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought Windows 95 was released in 1997?