40 年前，一群二十出头的年轻人，边争论、边试错、边通宵，把 Windows 1.0 一点点写了出来。 40 年后，他们因为一段埋在系统里的隐藏彩蛋，再次坐到了一起。 这场重聚由微软前 CEO 史蒂夫·鲍尔默牵头。那时的他还不是微软 CEO，而是公司第 24 名员工、比尔· ...

Retro Potato: Raymond Chen is once again sharing an intriguing behind-the-scenes story about the making of Windows 95. It turns out that building the setup process for the consumer-oriented operating ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

Retro Potato: Longtime Microsoft software engineer Raymond Chen recently responded to an intriguing retro-tech question posed by a game developer on X. The developer inquired about the three distinct ...