With all the noise about Google and Skype yesterday, the 10th anniversary of the Windows 95 launch passed un-noticed. Not even Microsoft remembered it! Windows 95 popularized so many of the things we take for granted today — ubiquitous networking, the web, media, and the start button UI to name a few. Effective distribution leads to ubiquity.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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Well at least Mary Jo Foley remembered it at Microsoft Watch. Here's a second article.