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Happy 30th Birthday, Windows!
v3rgEz writes: And what a ride it's been. Today marks the 30th anniversary since the debut of Windows 1.01, the first commercial release of Windows. At the time, it was derided as being slow, buggy, and clunky, but since then ... Well, it looks a lot better. .The Verge has a pictorial history of Windows through the years. What's your fondest memory of Bill Gates Blue Screen-of-death that could?
What's your fondest memory of Bill Gates Blue Screen-of-death that could?
Olympic fail - Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting
http://www.gizmodo.com/5035456...
And what would it have done with any information it collected, without a network stack? Print it, with a header politely asking you to drop it in an envelope and send it off to Redmond?
You remind me of dogs barking while the huge caravan is passing in front of their tiny courtyards.
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
There's now a wider variety of reasons Windows is derided.
Now Windows is too old to get a job in IT.
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30 years of software releases and still no stable builds! how do they do it? ;)
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If you could go back in time and strangle Baby Windows, would you?
Why is Snark Required?
So your fondest memory of Windows is being bribed to say nice things about it? And Windows is a "phenom" -- which means what, that it's an actual thing that actually happened? Please forgive me, I take back everything bad I ever said about it.