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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
You are correct. The industry when MS became a name was a mess with no standards and a mix of OS's going nowhere. That is probably the main contribution MS has given.
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Yep most of these kids here no nothing of the early days. Back in the 80's when I was a teenager every computer used a different operating system that had to be learn. IBM, Apple, Commodore, Texas Instruments, Radio Shack were some of the more popular home computers. ALL had different OSes and a program on one would not work on any of the others. Just imagine if Dells, HPs, Gateways, Acers, E-machines etc all had different OSes and you had to buy programs SPECFICALLY made for that brand of computer? that's what it was like before Windows.