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Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 2:00:41 Ben Gilbert So the lineage of that nine X code base that came all the way from windows three dot O or maybe even one or two, I don't know if
Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 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.
- ▶ 2:48:42 David Rosenthal And then finally, year and a half later in 1990, Windows three point O comes out and this is when they get it right.
- ▶ 2:49:15 David Rosenthal Windows three point O doubles that in the first six months.
- ▶ 2:49:20 David Rosenthal PC computing magazine writes about Windows three point O
- ▶ 2:49:30 David Rosenthal Microsoft released Windows three point O and on that day, the IBM compatible PC, a machine hobbled by an outmoded character based operating system and seventies style programs was transformed into a computer that could soar in a decade of…
- ▶ 2:49:52 David Rosenthal Windows three point O gets right what its predecessors got wrong.
- ▶ 2:50:20 Ben Gilbert He came in right after the three point O.
- ▶ 2:50:29 Ben Gilbert So Brad comes in, Windows three data has just shipped.
- ▶ 2:51:34 Ben Gilbert And so what ended up happening with three dot O, it was unexpectedly loved.
- ▶ 2:54:14 David Rosenthal So, in fiscal, 1990, the year that Windows three point O shipped, Microsoft does 1.2 billion dollars in revenue, making them the first software company ever to pass a billion dollars in revenue.