You make a grown man cry
August 24, 2015 10:11 AM Subscribe
Twenty years ago today, people were lining up at CompUSA or Best Buy at midnight. It wasn’t a new Call of Duty game, Apple’s latest iPod, or any type of hardware at all that shoppers were waiting for. It was software, and not just any software: Windows 95.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Cool, we'll go with JHarris' post. -- cortex
Proving Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is as relevant as always.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 10:13 AM on August 24, 2015
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 10:13 AM on August 24, 2015
Wow, have I really been listening to my father's speeches about how much better OS/2 Warp was for twenty years?
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 10:15 AM on August 24, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 10:15 AM on August 24, 2015 [4 favorites]
Say what you will, it was a huge improvement over Win 3.1.
posted by Chrysostom at 10:32 AM on August 24, 2015
posted by Chrysostom at 10:32 AM on August 24, 2015
I've mailed the mods to ask them to delete this post in favor of JHarris's from a few minutes ago.
posted by octothorpe at 10:36 AM on August 24, 2015
posted by octothorpe at 10:36 AM on August 24, 2015
Sorry about that octothorpe. I spent a couple of days putting it together and it still feels rushed -- I thought I had another day to work on it.
posted by JHarris at 10:38 AM on August 24, 2015
posted by JHarris at 10:38 AM on August 24, 2015
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