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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. Potshot by Alomex · · Score: 0, Troll



    The proper spelling is Windoze, not Windowsz. Leave it to a potshoting /.'er to not even get the joke right. (Hey Taco, I hear that newer databases have this option called "update" which allows for edits. You should look into it).

  2. Re:Windows 95. by Takara · · Score: 1, Troll
    To be correct, remove 3 and 4 all together. Windows XP is 2000 but stupider for stupid people. Only innovation happening between 95 and 2000 was 98SE.

    *spit*

  3. Re:I never ran Windows 95 by mlylecarlin · · Score: 0, Troll

    So basically you went straight from being an asshole to being an asshole, without stopping to be an asshole in between.