Hi James, Yeah, it was available in most stores back in the late 90's.Best Buy, Comp U.S.A., Electronics Boutique, etc all carried it as well as department stores like Walmart had it. However, for some reason it didn't last too long. I think Microsoft, shall we call them Microshaft, probably put an end to the Winblows software by threatening to sue them into the ground like they always do with anyone and anything that remotely borrows the Windows trademark.
For example, a few years ago a developer came up with a novel idea of merging Windows and Linux into the same operating system and called it Lindows. They took Linux as the core OS but wrote a custom Windows emulator on top so it would run Windows flagship applications like Office, Internet Explorer, etc on top of Linux. Plus the desktop looked a lot like MS Windows too. Of course, the idea was probably too good. Microsoft and their lawyers descended on them like a pack of lions and sued Lindows into the stone age. long with them having to change their name to Linspire certain elements that made the OS attractive to a Windows user such as the Windows look and feel had to be scrapped in order to comply with copyright law. However, I digress. Anyway, I am not sure what happend to the Winblows games, desktop themes, etc but I am pretty sure Microsoft shut them down. Although, it was funny while it lasted. LOL. Cheers! On 9/2/13, James Bartlett <jab8...@gmail.com> wrote: > hI there > > l o l I remember seeing Winblows in the stores years and years ago, but > > never got the opitoonity to use it, but it sounds pritty funny to me. infact > > I use the turm winblows anytime windows starts to tick me off l o l. > > bfn > James > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
