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    Microsoft Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986)

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    3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2011–2026

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    1:03 · 950K views · Mar 12, 2006

    A one-minute 1986 promo of Microsoft Windows 1.0 presented by Steve Ballmer, with a hyperbolic price pitch ending in the tag line about Nebraska.

    Mostly quoted as a joke or a snapshot of Microsoft's dated marketing style rather than recommended.

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @l0c0b0xDec 2012· in “Microsoft's DroidRage Twitter campaign goes painfully wrong”

      I guess am not the only one that thinks Microsoft's marketing strategy is and has always been pure garbage. You'd think they would have grown out of this pathetic style a long time ago: this video

      CriticalView on HN
    2. @coldarchonOct 2011· in “The Volkswagen Group is using IE6 as standard for displaying web pages”

      Somebody please explain to me what new browsers have that a car manufacturing corporation needs for its daily business. Flash games? WebGL? Or a bit lower, popup-blocker and google search field? HELLO? Obviously this entry is for unexperienced people of the IT, which neglect the fact that your stuff is only safe as long someone hasn't found it's weakness. this video AND - CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, REVERSI!

      AsideView on HN
    3. @HPsquaredJul 2026· in “Train SIM Created by Just One Person Is Being Called the Best Ever Made”

      I just think of Steve Ballmer's ad for Windows 1.0 (1986) "Order today! PO box 286 DOS... Except in Nebraska!" this video

      AsideView on HN