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- bobbourland, on 10/12/2007, -7/+79Stumble...Puke...BSOD.
- theotherme, on 10/12/2007, -6/+76Happy 21st Birthday! Drink Up!
- FallenWings, on 10/12/2007, -6/+51I fix broken Windows installations for a living, so I'd be happy to knock one back for the OS that gave me my job. Thanks Microsoft!
- goat2, on 10/12/2007, -13/+38yea theyre called windows 2000, xp, and vista
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+36I think this is a good time to inform our younger readers(like myself) about the risks of drinking.
45(13?) Reasons alcohol is bad for you:
http://www.tallrite.com/LightRelief/alcoholwarning.htm - adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -6/+27Most of us in IT fix broken windows for a living.....we should all toss one back
- roc889, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27where it all began -- the windows 1.0 release with a cheesy TV ad
http://www.realityadz.com/view_video.php?viewkey=85b952b62c14a3a175a6
can you believe these guys are billionaires now???? - DrakeTheRedEye, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26Argh. You beat me to it. Drink up!
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19I just hope you haven't been doing that to your girlfriend for 21 years.
- gd007, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17windows seem always drunk!
- InetRoadkill, on 10/12/2007, -23/+36You'd think after 21 years, with a staff of 10's of thousands, and billions of dollars, they could produce an operating system that didn't suck.
- Reziarfg, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18@Archeologist
KEGGER AT MY PLACE! wooo! - Stelex, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1821? So is my girlfriend and I still do to her what Microsoft did to me for the past 21 years.
Another proof sex is a global thing :-) - TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Interface Manager, we salute you!
- Jaymo89, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Let's get Windows drunk as *****! If he's standing, he's not drunk enough I say.
- joe90210, on 10/12/2007, -7/+17honestly, you're a ***** noron
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18Lol, it caught some long before it turned 21...
- SrLnclt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8#3 "The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like an idiot."
Thats strange - I thought alcohol was the only known cure for caucasian rhythm disorder. - Justin6512, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I never would of guessed from the title what this story was about; I think the description really made it clear. :P
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9You can't critique current versions of Windows, then say that you haven't used any since 9x
- Elfman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Actually, that "commercial" was made for the annual company meeting and was never aired on television.
Funny stuff though. - satori3000, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9I'm guessing my sealed copy isn't worth anything still... happy birthday. :D
- theuber1337, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6No, microsoft is going on 32 years. Microsoft released Windows 21 years ago.
- djliquidice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6You mac boys kill me with your elitist comments.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Technically, Microsoft released Windows 1.0 in 1985, but no one bought it, and no one wrote applications for it, not even Microsoft. It didn't support overlapping windows or proportionally-spaced fonts. They released Windows 2.0 in 1987, and it was pretty much the same story. It wasn't until 1990 with Windows 3.0 that Microsoft had a version of Windows that could qualify as a real product that people were interested in buying. And then, not until Windows 3.1 in 1991 that the quality was up to snuff for most people.
Real software companies could not survive product cycles like this. Fortunately for Microsoft they had the mountains of free money coming in from their MS-DOS royalties to keep them afloat while they figured out how to make the twice-failed Windows product good enough to sell. That "3-version" strategy would come to define Microsoft.
Interesting note: the original applications from Windows 1.0 and Windows 2.0 still run on Windows XP. Use Google to find them if you're interested. - CanadianAviator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5You know why it survived 21?
The developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers developers ... croak. - fallenone05, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Dad -Microsoft, you are officially a grown man. No before you go out to the world and experience the jungle that's out there, I just want you to be careful and use protection, I don't want you to be catching any weird viruses.
Microsoft - Dad, about those viruses...
Dad - Holy christ son! How many has there been! - LordSkywalker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7I'm getting that on a tshirt.
- kubudubudubuntu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://www.eng.bu.edu/~anc/macosx_bluescreen/blue2.jpg
*evil background music* - schavira, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10Congrats on 21 years of stealing from other OSs, blue screens of death, viruses and crashes!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Ah hell, looks like I"m going to have to drive him home again
-15 year old kid brother Linux. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Alcohol's the only thing that'll get my rhythmless ass dancing at all.
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6While I was watching that I expected him to tell me it made julian fries fries to....
- tendonut, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That comment doesn't make any sense. Punctuation is more important than proper spelling.
- cottees, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Damn, 21 years, and it still hasn't grown up!
- JB1984, on 10/12/2007, -10/+11It is hard to believe that Microsoft is already 21 years old. It is amazing how far Microsoft has brought their technology and how far they have brought the United States. Happy Birthday Microsoft.
- diggnationdevon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Happy birthday Microsoft. Please don't allow the IE team to make you a cake!
- G33k0ft3chz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5And the worst browser, interface, and support! Heres to another 21 years, not!
/Windows bashing.
But happy birthday Windows, you reached your prime points During 3.1, 98 SP2 and maybe Vista. - Visk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I disagree. Solitaire started the gaming revolution
- carapitcho, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Happy BSOD day to you
- Stonekeeper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Drink up? Do you mean, time for wine?
- InetRoadkill, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The PC revolution was coming with or without microsoft. It was already well under way within the S-100 crowd when IBM released the PC. The PC was viewed as a sad joke by many home computer builders at the time. Xerox had already demonstrated the windows and mouse user interface long before microsoft. This interface was stolen by Apple and then by microsoft.
- tendonut, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7$99! So in 21 years, quadruple the price, continue stealing from their competitors and take away the stability. I love Microsoft.
- NoSalt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Oh ... you mean that Bill Gates stole MS Windoze from Apple 21 years ago???
- tomi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1*brain explodes*
- thebraineater, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Anyone with AIDS want to have sex with Microsoft?
- welshie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I'm glad to remember a time without Microsoft Windows. A time when men were real men, women were real women and multi-user, multi-process protected mode operating systems were real multi-user, multi-process protected mode operating systems, complete with security models.
- bbxboy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+321 years old and never been laid. Shunned by the cool kids and haunted by a history of laughably bad haircuts and tragic attempts to play well with others. Recent surgeries culminate in slight improvement yet ultimately disappoint as our misshapen friend comes to the realization no amount of money will never buy hip and no number of surgeries will ever surmount deep-seated genetic clumsiness.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Minesweeper started a gaming revolution.
i wonder why mac failed.
No Minesweeper. - mercuryswitch, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2So that's why I didn't see any chairs in that commercial.
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