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Happy Birthday Windows 95

Date: August 24, 2010
Author: ElGuru
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Categories: Technology

Hard to believe it has been 15-years since Windows 95 was released. The operating system which introduced the ‘Start’ Menu, which forever changed the way people shut-down their computers. The Seattle Pi/Microsoft Blog have a tribute to Windows 95 including several rather odd marketing commercials..

The Microsoft Blog: Happy 15th birthday, Windows 95

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