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| Time: 08:15 EST/13:15 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0 on November 20th, 1985. Twenty-five years and two days later, its not just hard to remember an era in which Windows wasnt everywhereits also easy to forget that it wasnt a given that it would catch on, period. The company had announced the software in November of 1983, before most PC users had ever seen a graphical user interface or touched the input device known as a mouse. But by the time Windows finally shipped two years later, after a series of embarrassing delays, it had seemingly blown whatever first-mover advantage it might have had. At least four other major DOS add-ons that let users run multiple programs in windows had already arrived. | ||
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