This WaPo article might better source: > Microsoft originally put Solitaire into Windows to soothe people intimidated by the operating system, according to Duz

This WaPo article might better source: > Microsoft originally put Solitaire into Windows to soothe people intimidated by the operating system, according to Duzan. It gave them something familiar and fun to do with their computer while it also taught them how to use a mouse. Not surprisingly, for years Solitaire was the most-used application for Windows, Microsoft officials say. > Minesweeper got in because, at the time Windows 3.1 was released in 1992, it was the favorite game of everybody involved in creating that software, including overlord Gates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/03/09/office-minefield/3b74132a-5f0a-455f-a04e-6171d023149b/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/03/09/...