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Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'

Posted by samzenpus on from the almost-as-good-as-3.1 dept.

BobJacobsen writes "CBSnews.com has an article about Bill Gates and Steve Balmer answering questions at the 'All Things Digital' conference. When asked about 'high points' in his time at Microsoft, Gates replied 'Windows 95 was a nice milestone.' The article continues 'He also spoke highly of Microsoft SharePoint Server software, but didn't mention Vista.' Was there really nothing else that Gates considered a high point?"

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  1. 2007 was the year of Linux by jebblue · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ubuntu, or Fedora, or RedHat, or choose. Good times ahead. // This is my opinion.

  2. Windows 3.1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    To this day, I still think Windows 3.1 was the greatest desktop environment Microsoft have put together.

    An unintrusive, simple, clean interface.

    Of course, too simple for today, but quality wise, I think it was superior to Windows 95 and the rest.

    I preferred its modular design. No built-in network code, internet browser or email client.

    Of course, this approach wouldn't be practical in this day and age, as computers are marketed as home kiosks for uninterested people to browse YouTube, Myspace and Facebook...or maybe I'm just being cynical. ;)