Almost 37 years after its launch, someone found an Easter egg in Windows 1.0

Re:Almost 37 years after its launch, someone found an Easter... by reaperducer on Thursday March 24, 2022 @11:49AM (#30791572)

Since nobody had an Internet connection in those days, it was literally impossible to get the data back to Microsoft without the user's involvement.

What makes you think that "nobody" had an internet connection in "those days?" We weren't riding around on the backs of dinosaurs and cooking up bronto-burgers on the weekends.

Winsock came out in June of 1992, right in the middle of the Windows 3.x life cycle.

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Re:Almost 37 years after its launch, someone found an Easter... by pavlov on Thursday March 24, 2022 @12:11PM (#30791879)

Well, ok. But if the data point is "X% of users have DOOM installed but not Windows", how does Winsock help you get that data to Microsoft?

I do remember using Winsock on Windows 3.1 to grab Usenet updates on expensive dial-up. The batch Internet :)

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