78
Do you remember Windows 95? How about Windows 96? (timemachiner.io)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
30 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

That’s not a typo. Windows 96 promised to build on the success of Windows 95, yet it never materialized as originally intended.

I only learned about this a few months ago. To me, this was an incredibly fascinating discovery and wanted to write about & share it.

"The Windows That Never Was"

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Wow, that's a cool story! Thanks for sharing it! I had no clue there was even a beta test group back then. Was that outside of Microsoft?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    No, I actually worked for Microsoft. I was 15. It was a sort of contract gig for bug hunters, especially if you were able to fix the code at all. Otherwise, you just had access to download it from Microsoft servers and submit feedback.

    Back then, these betas were tested by the Microsoft user interface group, maybe that’s where I did contractor work for Longhorn. It was a very long time ago.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent