FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoDev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understand games'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkDev at id Software says Microsoft 'burned a lot of bridges' in the industry: 'They fundamentally don't understand art, they don't understand games'www.pcgamer.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredhork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoI don’t know about all that, didn’t they develop Windows just to have a platform to play FreeCell Solitaire?
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoNo, it was a GUI designed on top of MS-DOS specifically to import Minesweeper from IBM OS/2.
minus-squareSilverCode@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·23 hours agoWindows is a 32-bit hardware extension and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company, that can’t stand 1 bit of competition
minus-squareEmilieEasie@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoThey don’t even bundle it with windows anymore 😖
I don’t know about all that, didn’t they develop Windows just to have a platform to play FreeCell Solitaire?
No, it was a GUI designed on top of MS-DOS specifically to import Minesweeper from IBM OS/2.
Windows is a 32-bit hardware extension and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company, that can’t stand 1 bit of competition
They don’t even bundle it with windows anymore 😖