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The Secret Origin of Windows [2010] (www.technologizer.com)

submitted 2 years ago by kalleboo to c/[email protected]

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[–] kalleboo 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Microsoft was one of the first companies Apple showed the Macintosh to well before release so that they would have BASIC and office software ready

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Sure, and both were exposed to PARC and early 80s experiments in GUIs. There was a certain amount of convergence. But it is interesting that Windows was in motion first.

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