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Aug. 24, 1995: Say Hello to Windows 95

Posted August 24, 2011 7:27 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

There have been other operating systems, and perhaps better ones, but none have had the market impact of Windows 95.

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kramarat Guru Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 13529 Good Answers: 468	#1 Re: Aug. 24, 1995: Say Hello to Windows 95 08/25/2011 12:10 AM
	Thanks for reminding me of my bittersweet hell on earth. Somehow, I doubt I'm alone. __________________ Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Ben Franklin
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Geode Hunter Power-User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: N38º3', W085º3' Posts: 326 Good Answers: 19	#2 Re: Aug. 24, 1995: Say Hello to Windows 95 08/25/2011 7:43 AM
	Reminds me of the mantra back then --- windoze '95---mac '84 One of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes: "The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place." __________________ There's a theory stating if anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for & why it is here, it will instantly disappear & be replaced by something even more bizarre & inexplicable. There's another theory stating this has already happened.D Adams
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Anonymous Poster #1	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Aug. 24, 1995: Say Hello to Windows 95 08/25/2011 5:07 PM
	Great quote by Douglas Adams. The man who doesn't follow the crowd will often feel lonely and lost, too. It takes courage to walk that road.
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dbash Commentator Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Los Algorrobos, Panama Posts: 71 Good Answers: 2	#4 In reply to #2 Re: Aug. 24, 1995: Say Hello to Windows 95 08/25/2011 9:33 PM
	Douglas Adams was always insightful. Wasn't Gates the guy who once said that 64k of RAM would be all that anyone would ever need and that the internet could never be popular? __________________ To an optimist the glass is half full, to a pessimist it is half empty, but the engineer knows that the glass is twice as large as it needs to be.
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