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I think this is mainly about the fact that the code was still in there. Disabled, sure, but it kinda indicates that it got quite close to going into the version
by danwills 6y ago
I think this is mainly about the fact that the code was still in there. Disabled, sure, but it kinda indicates that it got quite close to going into the version that shipped.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoBut the headline is "How Bill Gates finished off the competition". How is it possible to finish off the competition by deploying code that is never even executed once?
- simcop2387 6y agoAs you see in the article, it did ship. but only in the beta version that was sent out to testers and journalists before the actual launch. Normal users never saw it but the people who were informing the users about the product did.
- gscott 6y agoThen when Windows 95 shipped it would not work with Dr Dos even though it was a shell on top of dos.