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Happy 30th Birthday, Windows!

Posted by timothy on from the and-all-I've-done-for-want-of-wit dept.

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?

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  1. Windows is devolving by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The idiots took over the design of Windows and MSOffice after XP was released. Every improvement that has been made has been counterbalanced with the removal of 2 useful features. Apparently they now believe that 3 clicks is more efficient than 1 and that removing all the contrast in the GUI makes it easier to see things.

  2. Re:This is not something to commemorate. by MyAlternateID · · Score: 1, Troll

    And yet has become the most used, most useful operating system in the world. Shut up.

    Likewise, the most common form of government all throughout history has been some form of tyranny. Therefore, by your logic, tyranny is a good and highly desirable form of government.

    Do you see the fault in that yet?