Peter Coffees 25 Killer Apps of All Time - 1991: Microsoft Visual Basic

 
 
By eWEEK Labs  |  Posted 2012-05-28 Email Print this article Print
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Microsoft's Vista has widely inspired the "Why do I need that?" question, which past "killer applications" have answered in different ways for different platforms during three decades of personal computing.

 
 
 
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Originally conceived as a dual-platform tool, Microsoft VB abandoned planned OS/2 capability just before the 1.0 release, opening a leadership gap for Windows development that IBM would never close.

Peter Coffees 25 Killer Apps of All Time - 1991: Microsoft Visual Basic
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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