Microsoft Windows 1.0 with Steve Ballmer (1986)

Rezende · 949K views · 2006 · 1:03

Open on YouTube

Tech company stories & documentariesHistory of computingGUI, HCI & interface historycomedydated

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

What it is

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.

Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2011 to 2026.

What Hacker News said

Critical l0c0b0x · 2012-12 · on “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]