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To: RegulatorCountry
My interpretation of the Microsoft "window pane" logo represents the state of the art method of having multiple windows with different programs easily accessible and swappable using the TAB key to change between them.

My first experience with Microsoft was back with my Atari 800 with a version of Microsoft Basic in the early 1980s.


20 posted on 11/15/2010 10:16:32 AM PST by Blue Highway ("Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself" Barack Obama, Oct 15, 2008 Presidential debate)
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To: Blue Highway

I see innovative large icons for Go, Caution, Stop and BSOD, then the Window breaking into itty bitty pieces as it’s thrown outside in frustration.


23 posted on 11/15/2010 10:37:42 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Blue Highway

I had an Atari 400... the daisy chain add ons... even had a modem


25 posted on 11/15/2010 11:09:28 AM PST by NativeSon
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To: Blue Highway

My first experience with Microsoft was back with my Atari 800 with a version of Microsoft Basic in the early 1980s.

IIRC, for me it was BASIC for the TRS-80 Model III followed by the TRS-80 Model 100's firmware (including its BASIC), which was the last piece of software from Microsoft substantially written by Bill Gates himself. The latter was a quite impressive system, still in use today by many for real field work.

34 posted on 11/15/2010 1:40:56 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
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