Windows 2: Final Fantasy of operating systems

Windows 2: Final Fantasy of operating systems

Wow – what a weird title. If you’re an anime fan, I guess it makes sense. So, what were the issues that brought about Windows 3.0? Let’s dial the time machine back to 1990, back when Windows finally became successful, became king and Lorded it over OS/2 and the other wanna-be UI systems like Digital Research’s GEM, IBM’s text-based TopView and even the Macintosh.

I was there.  The story below is a great vignette of the times. Where were you?

https://www.ninakalinina.com/notes/win2/

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