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Makes sense. XP was released in 2002 and took years of work before the release. A good chunk of languages we take for granted today did not exist at that time,
by user5994461 6y ago
Makes sense. XP was released in 2002 and took years of work before the release.
A good chunk of languages we take for granted today did not exist at that time, or were in the very first release. Perl came out in 1987, it was quite the thing in the late 90s.
- muterad_murilax 6y ago> XP was released in 2002 2001, actually.
- rchaud 6y agoIndeed. There is an episode of the sitcom Frasier (set in Seattle) featuring Bill Gates, that aired in Nov 2001. Gates appears on Frasier's call-in radio show, but all the calls end up being tech support related. Gates comments on whether Windows XP needs a boot disk or not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpRiDl48ERA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpRiDl48ERA
- INTPenis 6y agoYes it makes sense from a technical standpoint but I was amused by this fact because Microsoft is supposed to be a vendor of programming languages and operating systems. And to build their own OS they go to the world of open source. So it's a neat confirmation of the power of open source over proprietary software.