That’s not a typo. Windows 96 promised to build on the success of Windows 95, yet it never materialized as originally intended.

I only learned about this a few months ago. To me, this was an incredibly fascinating discovery and wanted to write about & share it.

“The Windows That Never Was”

  • riplin@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    I remember that leak. I installed it and it was a buggy mess. The only thing I remember from it was that the minimize/maximize/close icons on a window turned from black to blue if you hovered over them.