Five Memorable Microsoft Legacies In Computer Culture [Barron's]

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Every design decision is felt around the world for better or worse -- often staying with people for years as a fond memory or a meme. Here are a few of the ways Microsoft has marked computing culture: A fixture since the very first versions of Windows -- if mercifully much rarer these days -- the Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD, is displayed when Microsoft's operating system encounters a fatal error in a programme, or the application becomes unresponsive. It has most commonly been a full blue screen with white text -- originally composed by Steve Ballmer, who later went on to head the company -- warning of the problem. Some versions of the screen include error codes to help power users figure out what has gone wrong. More recent editions of
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