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unlovedwarrior

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    windows development
    « on: September 07, 2006, 01:33:41 PM »
    I'm just wondering how long do you guys think windows was in development before gates released the every first version?

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    « Reply #1 on: September 07, 2006, 05:19:30 PM »
    Just a guess but i'd say 3 and a half years...

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      « Reply #2 on: September 07, 2006, 05:36:57 PM »
      k.. thanks

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        « Reply #3 on: September 08, 2006, 03:04:54 PM »
        Apparantly they were bug testing it a few hours before its release... could just be a rumour though. You couldn't have overlapping Windows either.

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          « Reply #4 on: September 08, 2006, 03:06:09 PM »
          overlapping??

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          « Reply #5 on: September 09, 2006, 07:39:39 AM »
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          Apparantly they were bug testing it a few hours before its release... could just be a rumour though. You couldn't have overlapping Windows either.

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            Re: windows development
            « Reply #6 on: September 09, 2006, 08:15:38 AM »
            Open up two notepad windows. Move one window over another window. You couldn't do that in the first one.

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              Re: windows development
              « Reply #7 on: September 09, 2006, 05:25:41 PM »
              ok.. thanks