

Ballmer sells Windows 1.0 - g0atbutt
http://codesketch.com/2010/11/25-years-ago-this-was-the-future-of-computing/

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jimminy
"Except in Nebraska!" Does anyone have a reason why Nebraska would be singled
out?

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beej71
[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OfferVoidInNebras...](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OfferVoidInNebraska)

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chamakits
It makes me sad that those features seemed advanced, when something as complex
as the Sketchpad had been created a good amount of time before. (more here:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad>)

(Note: Its not completely related, but its just that the Sketchpad seemed to
me much more advanced than what had Stevy here so excited)

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jonhendry
Hell, NeXT was founded 25 years ago.

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itblarg
Hilarious. Is this real?

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rpeden
I can't find a source at the moment, but I remember reading more about this a
few years back. IIRC it was made as a joke for an internal company conference,
or something along those lines.

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antipaganda
wait... I had that clock on my Amiga 500! And Reversi! And notepad! ...or
something like it. So what gives?

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jared314
Reminds me of the old SNL Bassomatic skit.

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danilocampos
Good old Microsoft — selling features instead of benefits. Some things never
change.

It's a shock that the same company who brought us Windows could also make the
Xbox. Without J. Allard, I worry about its future.

