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>Without the commercial need to appeal money that fueled future versions like XP or Vista. This is pure nostalgia. Bill Gates has always been about the money f
by unimpressive 10y ago
>Without the commercial need to appeal money that fueled future versions like XP or Vista.
This is pure nostalgia. Bill Gates has always been about the money from day one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists
Bill Gates largely made his fortune by creating an operating system that OEM's would want to ship with their computer. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but Windows 3.1 and 95 were absolutely made for and to attract money.
- agumonkey 10y agoYeah it wasn't altruism, I meant commercial interests forces good but old to be replaced by new for the sake of new; you have to have something to pitch to the customers.