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   Alan Zisman to Eric Oulashin   
   Windows 8 tiles look like Windows 1.0   
   25 Jul 14 12:02:44   
   
   On 2014-07-24, 9:35 PM, Eric Oulashin -> All wrote:   
    EO> Just for humor - Windows 8's tiled interface looks very similar to   
    EO> Windows 1.0   
    EO> (1985):   
    EO> http://bit.ly/WNzMU0   
      
   At the time, Microsoft tried to spin the lack of overlapping windows in Win 1.0   
   (compared to the 1984-release of the Mac OS) by saying it was a clearer way to   
   display multiple windows, less confusing for users.   
      
   They said the same thing about Win 8.   
      
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