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9 facts from 8 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1990
Windows 1.0 and 2.0 reached only about 5% of the DOS installed base, and Windows 3.0 doubled that within six months.
“Windows 1.0 and Windows 2.0 only ever achieved 5% penetration of the DOS installed base. Windows 3.0 doubles that in the first six months.”
early 1990s
Ballmer recalls the U.S. Air Force as Microsoft's first big Windows customer.
“Our first big Windows customer, at least as I remember it, was the U.S. Air Force.”
Undated
Kevin Rose's first TechTV appearance was explaining a Windows messaging feature that could be used to spam any IP address.
“I had discovered a vulnerability in Windows that was a way to spam people using this kind of internal messaging tool.”
Undated
Nadella recalled that he first saw the Mosaic browser running on top of Windows.
“the first time I saw Mosaic, uh, you know, was, uh, as a browser on top of Windows”
Undated
Nadella said Microsoft's Flight Simulator launched before Windows did.
“flight simulator, I think, was launched long before Windows was launched.”
Undated
Zuckerberg cites Windows' open ecosystem as the leader in the PC era to argue that closed platforms do not always win.
“In the PC era, Windows with the open ecosystem was the leader.”
Undated
Wolf notes that macOS, a major competitor to Windows, is itself built on a Unix core.
“even Mac OS, which I think is probably the most widely diffused on, like consumer laptops nowadays, is one of the largest competitor to Windows based, is itself based on the Unix core.”
Undated
Todd Bishop interviewed a longtime Microsoft journalist on the GeekWire podcast about the latest AI innovations in Windows.
“I got a chance to talk with Ed Bot, who is a longtime journalist who's covered Microsoft, and we talked about the latest AI innovations in Windows.”
Undated
Tsavo Knott gives the example of a Pieces product manager needing to count a quarter's support issues with native audio on a version of Windows.
“how many people have we seen this quarter? Come in on this version of Windows having this type of issue with native audio, and I need to be able to access that information very quickly.”
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