Ballmer sells Windows 1.0

http://codesketch.com/2010/11/25-years-ago-this-was-the-future-of-computing/

by g0atbutt • 16 years ago

25 10 16 years ago

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itblarg• 16 years ago

Hilarious. Is this real?

jared3142• 16 years ago

It looks like it. Some other windows commercials: http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/the...

rpeden• 16 years ago

I can't find a source at the moment, but I remember reading more about this a few years back. IIRC it was made as a joke for an internal company conference, or something along those lines.

jared3142• 16 years ago

Reminds me of the old SNL Bassomatic skit.

jimminy• 16 years ago

"Except in Nebraska!" Does anyone have a reason why Nebraska would be singled out?

beej71• 16 years ago

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OfferVoidInNebras...

danilocampos• 16 years ago

Good old Microsoft — selling features instead of benefits. Some things never change.

It's a shock that the same company who brought us Windows could also make the Xbox. Without J. Allard, I worry about its future.

antipaganda• 16 years ago

wait... I had that clock on my Amiga 500! And Reversi! And notepad! ...or something like it. So what gives?

chamakits• 16 years ago

It makes me sad that those features seemed advanced, when something as complex as the Sketchpad had been created a good amount of time before. (more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad)

(Note: Its not completely related, but its just that the Sketchpad seemed to me much more advanced than what had Stevy here so excited)

jonhendry• 16 years ago

Hell, NeXT was founded 25 years ago.

Ballmer sells Windows 1.0

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