Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!

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From: regards
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 03:50

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In <Summers-1810951714270001@ethyl-the-frog.arc.nasa.gov>, Summers@Ethyl-the-Frog.arc.nasa.gov (David P. Summers) writes:
>In article <46319v$8f9@hp5.online.apple.com>, upen@eworld.com (Upen) wrote:
>
>> I think windows was created to provide a good gui
>
>It was created to keep people from leaving to Apple.  Ironically, I
>personally wouldn't call the first version of windows a gui.  It was
>more just a program launcher with icons.
I still have a copy of MS-Windows 1.x around here somewhere....Even at the
time it made a poor program launcher... <grin>

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Subject: Re: JUST REMEMBER WHY WINDOWS WAS CREATED!!!!!!!!!
Date: 19 Oct 1995 03:50:38 GMT
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