Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
Brad H
vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net
Mon Aug 1 19:38:03 CDT 2016
Here's some shots of it. I forgot about the guy rappelling down the tower. Don't think anyone rappelled for Windows 10!
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-guy-rappelled-down-the-cn-tower-for-the-launch-of-windows-95
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From: Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
Date: 2016-08-01 5:33 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
Er.. that was.. 'down one side of the CN tower'.. :)
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From: Brad H <vintagecomputer at bettercomputing.net>
Date: 2016-08-01 5:29 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
I would call Win 95 a high point also. I lived near Toronto at the time and remember the unfurling of a huge Win 95 banner down one side. There were events everywhere. MS was really at their zenith. The excitement around that launch was like nothing since. I believe I got swept up and installed it immediately but shortly after removed it. Couldn't get used to the interface. Eventually for one reason or another I had to and did go back to it. Wasn't the greatest or most stable OS and was kind of a half breed at that, but man.. what I wouldn't give to feel the anticipation again, the difference between it and DOS. Nothing released on either PC or Mac has come close.
Brad
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From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com>
Date: 2016-08-01 4:25 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point'
> > <https://tech.slashdot.org/story/08/05/28/2214214/bill-gates-windows-95-was-a-high-point>
> http://cdn.cultofmac.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/introducing.gif
I have a "Windows '95 = Macintosh '89" pin on my iMac G4, as seen here:
http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collection/pin/PinsBadges.html
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