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Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (HQ, 60FPS) (1986) (microsft windows balmer advertisement schlock) (youtu.be)
3 points by bmonkey325 51 days ago | 2 comments
  • bmonkey325 51 days ago
    With all the nostalgia for the ST and Amiga, I couldn’t pass up posting this. Ballmer comes off like a late night infomercial huckster.
    • markran 51 days ago
      Excellent find! It's almost hard to remember how primitive Windows 1 was at launch. Frankly, GEM, Desqview and several other competitors already on the market were somewhat better.

      To be fair to Ballmer, that looks like it may be one of his internal videos to hype up the field sales force. Ballmer was known for doing those and he cultivated an over-the-top persona in contrast to Gates' nerdy engineer at Microsoft internal and developer events. The schtick eventually devolved into self-parody which Ballmer was happy to go along with as long as the sales force kept making the numbers. And we should never forget the legendary cringe that is "Developers! Developers! Developers!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fcSviC7cRM.

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