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That is untrue.

In 1995 the Windows GUI was complete trash The Linux GUI much better.

I was the sole Linux guy (Microsoft Windows 95 mostly plus a HP Unix workstation the boss controlled fromOS/2 desktop). The windows machine constantly crashed and ran like a steam roller in two feet of mud. Lots of mess, not much speed.

It was not the quality of the operating system that made Microsoft successful. They were successful despite having the worst operating system in that room. Significantly worse.




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