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Video: Steve Ballmer pitches Windows 1.0

How into the wayback machine and check out Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s Vintage 60-second pitch for Windows 1.0, complete with “hip” and “fresh” references to such timeless memes as Ferraris and Miami Vice. You know, between this and the MS-DOS 5.0 rap video, I’m beginning to give credence to those “Bill Gates sold his sold to Chthulu” explanations for Microsoft’s stranglehold on the PC market.

Hat tip to my buddy Lizard for this…(ahem)…find.

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Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger -- amusing and abusing IT pros.

Jay Garmon

Jay Garmon
Jay Garmon has a vast and terrifying knowledge of all things obscure, obtuse, and irrelevant. One day, he hopes to write science fiction, but for now he'll settle for something stranger -- amusing and abusing IT pros. Read his full profile. You can also follow him on his personal blog.
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