The Blue OS Museum’s YouTube account recorded a video presentation of Windows 95 last week. Many pictures and clips have been circulating for years, but the complete and uncut version has not been found anywhere on the Internet to date. A jewel in rhythm ‘kick me“From the Stones, formerly invisible to outside participants, press and development staff and now available to anyone.

The launch of Windows 95 on August 24, 1995 was in the history of Microsoft and in the history of personal computers before and after. Whether it’s good or bad, it’s key software in revolution consumer computing and the beginning of the desktop operating system monopoly, which continues to this day and has received invaluable help from the “Wintel” alliance, which has dominated client computers for nearly three decades.

Windows 95 abandoned text mode systems such as MS-DOS (although it was also supported) and It was Microsoft’s first operating system with a real graphical interface.. A hybrid of 16 and 32 bits that released components that have survived to this day, such as the start menu or taskbar. By default, it included Internet Explorer and offered promising multitasking and long file names.

During its five service packs, it improves hardware support within Plug & Play, the FAT-32 file system, the USB peripheral port, the UDMA data bus or the AGP graphics port. The most successful system in history was originally distributed in a package 13 diskettesalthough later it was also sold on CD-ROM.

Windows 95 Presentation

What a gem! It is priceless to see the very young Bill Gates, the crazy Steve Ballmer and the jokes of Jay Len, which today cause more redness than laughter. For those of us who are aged and have already taken their first steps in the consumer computer, the hairstyles, pants and aesthetics that we see in the video take us back in nostalgia to the 90s, which unfortunately we will not. live again. Gizmodo commented on the best and worst moments and it’s not wasted.

Windows 95’s introductory speech begins with a confession from Microsoft employees and developers about working with the operating system, including the very young Joe Belfior, whose blows have already shown direction. Ballmer will soon appear in his “advertising” aspect, which later accompanied him as CEO of Microsoft, while flashes of press accompany harassment throughout the session.

There was even an antitrust joke at a time when the Department of Justice was using its position to gain a monopoly on the Internet Explorer browser market. The joke could end in tragedy. The legal battle ended when the injured Microsoft had to give up the settlement and narrowly avoid splitting into two companies.

People from the audience stepped onto the stage and introduced the “electric car”, which represented Microsoft’s mouse for the system. It was also the first time the public could hear the popular tune for Windows 95. It was chosen after Brian Eno composed 83 mini-tunes until the final decision. All the work was done on a Mac.

And the end came with ‘kick me“The Rolling Stones, whose usage rights cost $ 14 million. Outrage at the time that added to the marketing campaign in which Microsoft has invested $ 300 million. It was profitable. Windows 95 was a commercial success of unknown proportions and became the most successful operating system in history and the very young Bill Gates in the richest man on the planet. The Windows 95 presentation video, now complete for everyone on the Internet, is already part of the history of technology.