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demmiblue

(36,947 posts) Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:19 PM Sep 2018

The launch of Windows 95:

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The launch of Windows 95: (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2018 OP

White man can't dance. mikeysnot Sep 2018 #1

Counterpoint: demmiblue Sep 2018 #3

to every rule there is an mikeysnot Sep 2018 #6

That's one of my favorite self-refuting ideas. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #14

hubby was there in the audience. He was a Beta tester..he remembers this act! samnsara Sep 2018 #2

win 95 mikeysnot Sep 2018 #7

.... JHan Sep 2018 #4

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS IncaRoads Sep 2018 #5

The internet is exhausting me right now... targetpractice Sep 2018 #8

Yeah I so remember benld74 Sep 2018 #9

I was there! One of the top bug reporters for Windows 95 Roland99 Sep 2018 #10

Seems like eons ago. nt Fla Dem Oct 2018 #11

"You'll make a grown man cry" crazytown Oct 2018 #12

Did someone say Windows 95? Dave Starsky Oct 2018 #13

mikeysnot

(4,758 posts)

1. White man can't dance.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:20 PM

Sep 2018

demmiblue

(36,947 posts)

3. Counterpoint:

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:22 PM

Sep 2018

mikeysnot

(4,758 posts)

6. to every rule there is an

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:32 PM

Sep 2018

exception.

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

14. That's one of my favorite self-refuting ideas.

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:26 AM

Oct 2018

samnsara

(17,677 posts)

2. hubby was there in the audience. He was a Beta tester..he remembers this act!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:22 PM

Sep 2018

mikeysnot

(4,758 posts)

7. win 95

Reply to samnsara (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:32 PM

Sep 2018

big improvement from 3.11

JHan

(10,173 posts)

4. ....

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:23 PM

Sep 2018

IncaRoads

(97 posts)

5. DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:27 PM

Sep 2018

DEVELOPERS

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)

8. The internet is exhausting me right now...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:51 PM

Sep 2018

First, the angry white Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans, and now this.

benld74

(9,917 posts)

9. Yeah I so remember

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 06:58 PM

Sep 2018

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

10. I was there! One of the top bug reporters for Windows 95

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sun Sep 30, 2018, 07:41 PM

Sep 2018

One of them even got mention in the readme for a workaround (related to Toshiba laptops and graphics)

Met Steve Ballmer at an Incredible Universe at a midnight celebration there later.

Fla Dem

(23,948 posts)

11. Seems like eons ago. nt

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 02:36 PM

Oct 2018

crazytown

(7,277 posts)

12. "You'll make a grown man cry"

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 03:53 PM

Oct 2018

I saw it in person. The first edition was as buggy as hell.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)

13. Did someone say Windows 95?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 07:20 AM

Oct 2018

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