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Microsoft Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986)

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Comedy
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Cited on HN 3 times, 2011–2026, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Mostly quoted as a joke or a snapshot of Microsoft's dated marketing style rather than recommended.

A one-minute 1986 promo of Microsoft Windows 1.0 presented by Steve Ballmer, with a hyperbolic price pitch ending in the tag line about Nebraska.

1 critical · 2 jokes · Comedy · partly dated

3 Hacker News comments

From the HN archive; up to 20 kept per video, favoring different commenters. Recommendations first.

@coldarchon Oct 2011 Makes a joke
on HN thread The Volkswagen Group is using IE6 as standard for displaying web pages
Somebody please explain to me what new browsers have that a car manufacturing corporation needs for its daily business. Flash games? WebGL? Or a bit lower, popup-blocker and google search field? HELLO? Obviously this entry is for unexperienced people of the IT, which neglect the fact that your stuff is only safe as long someone hasn't found it's weakness. [this video] AND - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, REVERSI!

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