Maples, who oversaw the development of the Windows 95 operating system at Microsoft, is now an adviser.
Windows 95 added just another ingredient in the already potent mix of factors drawing buyers.
"Windows 95 will be a huge success, no doubt about that, " says IDC's Stephen.
Windows 95, with built-in Internet support and dial-up networking, marked the coming of the Internet Age.
The court's 2-1 decision found that integrating the browser with Windows 95 led to technological benefits.
Sales may be helped even more by the release last month of the Japanese version of Windows 95.
Dataquest had forecast that 20 million copies of Windows 95 would be sold by the end of 1995.
It is the biggest shift in the Windows interface since the move from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95.
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This version adds auto-configuration capabilities, an auto-clearing at boot-up option, and support for Windows 95, 98, and NT.
Visually, it was functional, but so was Windows 95 back in the 1990s.
Windows 95 used the Macintosh folders idea and Windows XP became very aqua soon after the release of OSX.
Boba Fett Logo Screens: Windows 95 and 98 startup and shut-down replacement images.
Windows 95 featured the first appearance of the Start menu, taskbar, and minimize, maximize, and close buttons on each window.
When Compaq removed Internet Explorer's screen icon in favour of Netscape's, Microsoft threatened to withdraw Compaq's licence for Windows 95.
Since then we have progressed through Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows VistA, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
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The virus was spread by e-mail as an "executable" (.exe) file capable of running on Windows 95 and 98 operating systems.
Morgan started out mapping Boston with his co-founder using an antenna, a Microsoft Windows 95 laptop and piece software called Netstumbler.
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Many had expected Windows 95 to unleash a wave of PC buying.
The plaintiff claimed that features and capabilities in Windows 95 did not live up to Microsoft's advertisements for the product, Murray said.
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He is said to have complained about 'smear campaigns' against Windows 95.
To speed up the independent audit that Microsoft had demanded, Microsoft decided to link the negotiation of a Windows 95 licence to the audit settlement.
The lack of the facility - which had been in every previous version since Windows 95 - has been one of the most controversial aspects of the software.
Users can still switch to a more traditional desktop mode by clicking on an icon, but the environment lacks the start menu button offered since Windows 95.
Later he also said that developing software for the Apple Macintosh computer led Microsoft into graphics-intensive software, setting the stage for Microsoft applications and its breakthrough Windows 95 operating system.
Microsoft faced a similar potential class-action suit in Seattle in March 1997, in which an individual sought compensation on behalf of 35 million Windows 95 users, Murray said.
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The threat posed by Lotus SmartSuite, a rival to Microsoft Office, infuriated Microsoft, and three days after the Lotus deal, Microsoft became non-responsive to efforts to finalise a licence for Windows 95.
Maritz, her successor at VMware, had a storied 14-year tenure at Microsoft, where he was in charge of developing and marketing some of the company's biggest products, including Windows 95 and Windows NT.
You can create a boot disk in Windows 95 using the same procedure, but the disk won't give you access to your CD-ROM drive, which is necessary if you have to reinstall Windows.
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