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crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyzM to Anniversaries: X years ago today@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 5 months ago

30 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows 95, a consumer-oriented operating system, to the public in North America. It was the first of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.

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30 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows 95, a consumer-oriented operating system, to the public in North America. It was the first of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.

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    Get off my lawn!

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    I dual booted OS/2 Warp and 95 for some months, until 95 won because they broke the compatibility with OS/2

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      Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. It’s the Microsoft way of doing business.

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    And it had the Buddy Holly music video on the disc!

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    This is when I fell in love with computers

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