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Windows 95 launched 25 years ago today.
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostSort of, it's a long story. However OS2 worked really well.
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Originally posted by jainnode View PostThere are good versions of Windoze??Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by jainnode View PostWindoze was <and is> a rip off of IBM OS2.
Windows NT was based on OS2 when IBM & Microsoft ended their partnership. they both had a kernel . The interface for NT was like win 3.x.
95 & ME wore the same makeup as NT4 but it was windows 3 task switching underneath.
NT 3.5-4 were the first stable windows with a kernel. Win 2000 brought most of the benefits of NT to end users.
Microsoft won because the cost of a PC + NT cost less than a copy of OS/2 , SCO etc. It was about £1000 all in the mid 90s.
Linux & most Unix had X11 and a window manager which was the same on the client machine. It didn't take off as it was difficult to manage and cost a few thousand for a version with commercial support.
In my opinion Windows NT was the first stable and windows 2000 first decent client. Server 20XX and Win 10 is far more stable.Last edited by vetran; 25 August 2020, 11:56.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostThe worst thing to happen IT was Windows-NT. The fact of having a Windows interface on a server made IT illiterate middle mangers and CEOs believe that they understood servers and networks because it looked that same as their home PC.Comment
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I had this before I had Windows, still have the 5.25" floppy disks here: GEOS (16-bit operating system) - Wikipedia“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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GEM on the PC1512.
Still got the diskettes somewhere, and being 360k they still work.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by jainnode View Postit in turn, was based on MVS.
ported to micros“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Originally posted by jainnode View Postit in turn, was based on MVS.
ported to micros"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostAnd then they installed CCTV in the server room to stop you spending your day wanking over second-hand dog porn. Clearing up afterwards is how PC got into "IT"."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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