The Software That Failed To Compete With Windows 347
harrymcc writes "When Microsoft shipped Windows 1.0 back in November 1985 — it turned 25 on Saturday — it wasn't clear that its much-delayed windowing add-on for DOS was going to succeed. After all, it was a late arrival to a market that was already teeming with ambitious competitors. A quarter-century later, it's worth remembering the early Windows rivals that didn't make it: Visi On, Top View, GEM, DESQview, and more."
X-Windows? (Score:3, Funny)
Half the audience here is still running it.
Re:Hard to forget hell. (Score:3, Funny)
Your solid and detailed argument of "Neuromancer on C64 had better graphics than on Windows" is such a solid argument I'm just not sure where to start attacking it...
Re:OS/2 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:X-Windows? (Score:5, Funny)
This is slashdot.
If slashdot users are using it, then it failed in the real world.
Re:OS/2 (Score:4, Funny)
I still use OS/2 whenever I need to format 2 floppy disks at once while compiling C-Kermit and browsing the web.
That "need" come up often?
Re:OS/2 (Score:3, Funny)
I guess you never know who you'll run into on the Internets
LoL Alex, I run into you all the time online... :-)