Windows 1.0, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Windows 1.0 comes up
The Steve Ballmer Interview · Acquired
- ▶ 24:19 Steve Ballmer So I had windows, I had shipped when I'd been the development manager for windows one.
- ▶ 24:24 David Rosenthal Oh, the great videos of you from the windows one point O launch, but that's the sales side.
Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 2:37:03 David Rosenthal Steve Bomber gets drafted to come in and be the dev manager for the final push to release Windows one point out, which is hilarious.
- ▶ 2:37:42 Ben Gilbert So Windows one point O comes out.
- ▶ 2:37:47 David Rosenthal Windows one point O.
- ▶ 2:38:04 David Rosenthal When you opened a program in Windows one point oh, the system created a literal window of it on your screen and then it dynamically resized the windows as you opened other
- ▶ 2:38:37 Ben Gilbert I would classify windows.
- ▶ 2:38:46 David Rosenthal And so, I believe Microsoft and Apple actually did, like, a licensing agreement while they were working together during this time that said, hey, Microsoft can use a lot of the stuff that's being developed for Mac for Windows one point oh.
- ▶ 2:39:09 Ben Gilbert Apple, I think, was under the impression that it was just for Windows one point oh, but the actual terms of the agreement are this and all future versions of Windows, which comes back to haunt Apple later.
- ▶ 2:40:11 Ben Gilbert It was in Windows one, two, three, three dot one, and Windows for Workgroups, it was a graphical operating environment.
- ▶ 2:49:08 David Rosenthal So, Windows one point O and Windows two point O only ever achieved five percent penetration of the DOS installed base.
- ▶ 3:52:57 Ben Gilbert You look at Windows one dot O and two dot O, they know that it's part of the strategy, and they were world