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Recalling Windows 1.0 At 25 Years

alphadogg writes "When Microsoft released the very first version of Windows nearly 25 years ago, on Nov. 20, 1985, it was late to the game and little used. Apple had already brought graphical user interfaces to computers with Macintosh more than a year earlier, while DOS systems dominated the market for IBM and IBM-compatible PCs. No one who used this first version was likely to have predicted that Windows would completely dominate the PC market 25 years later..."

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  1. Re:Consumer protection at its finest by Locke2005 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The nice priest just baptized them... wait a minute, I don't think that was _water_!

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  2. Re:Oh God, more revisionist history? by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So, they paid for the tour, and came back with copyright and code of of the GUI?? If not, they STOLE it, no matter how you want to paint it. Get over it.