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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Being an AI skeptic in the tech industry be like:

Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So MS shouldn't be too comfortable about their position, as history proves that no one is too big to fall And history could repeat itself We'll see how computing looks in 5 to 10 years now Hopefully the bots don't kill us or drive us to kill each other, though...

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mind you, there were many competing platforms in 1970s and '80s, biggest being Apple, Commodore, and Tandy With the popularity of PCs in the late '80s and early '90s, all those platforms were supplanted by the PC, first with DOS, later with Windows

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

While Ubuntu continues to be the "default" distro today, but a movement could elevate Ubuntu or another distro into the mainstream As a lot of the complicates of running a Linux system have been solved or mitigated, the day of seeing a "Linux revolution" shouldn't be far away

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With the declining quality and dissatisfaction of Windows is leading people to alternatives While Linux is far from supplanting Windows, but the rise of a Linux distro that would become the de-fact distro that can be embraced by the tech industry, and more importantly PC makers could change things

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The rise of free & open source software has changed the dynamic It took a long time for many F/OSS projects to catch up to their paid / closed source counterparts, in many cases, but the momentum is there

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now, it is clear that MS had the market advantage to pull it off But the world has changed drastically since Windows 95 Many apps today are free or subscription based, apps popular 30 years, many have left by the wayside

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

But by 1999, the industry got the memo that Windows is the new de-facto OS With releases being DOS only starting to dry up by then And by 2001 it was a trickle, the era of DOS was already effectively over, but the final nail was XP dropping support

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

While Windows unquestionably had already became the dominant desktop OS, but up to that point, some developers were uncertain about abandoning their DOS based software and creating new Windows software Many games were still being made to run under DOS during 9x era

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So, after releasing the first version of NT in 1990, MS completed the move from the DOS-based OS to the robust NT OS I speculate that MS felt that 1999 would be too soon to have their new OS offering to fully drop DOS compatibility

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They delayed the transition by only two years, with the much beloved release, Windows XP While Windows 2000 was remembered as being the first "matured" release of NT Try setting up NT 4.x vs 2000, and you'll see why people loved 2000

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Funny enough, MS planned Windows 2000 to be the release that would unite the consumer "home user" line with their professional and server grade lines together But once again, they had cold feet about doing it...

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

MS didn't originally planned to make a follow up to Windows 98 and that 98 would be the last release But execs had cold feet about nothing having a companion product for home users for the release of the then newest version of Windows NT, Windows 2000

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So over the years, MS would develop NT alongside 9x MS would fumble the final release of Windows 9x line, with Windows Me Infamously branded as "Mistake Edition," for being a rushed OS, people reporting frequent crashes, and people complaining about removal of DOS mode

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

While the older sister OS, Windows 9x, was a smash success It was though criticized for being a little buggy and unreliable MS knew that balancing the ancient DOS underpinnings and their new vision of an OS and their new platform wouldn't mesh well forever

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Microsoft would continue to work with their branched version of OS/2 to transform it in Windows NT In 3 short years, MS would release their next gen OS, appropriately called Windows "New Technology" While Win NT itself didn't achieve great successes at first either

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That soon would change with the release of Windows 95, which we all know took the world by storm and soon become the new de-facto PC OS While IBM had limited success in getting any significant share of market

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With Windows 3.x was gaining traction, and MS-DOS already being dominant OS on the now called "PC" market MS was very well placed to replace DOS with a new offering While Windows still required a working DOS system to run on top of, you needed to have DOS already installed

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In large part, the schism between MS and IBM that would create Win NT and for IBM to have to develop OS/2 on their own, complicated things MS already had Windows on the market by the time they split with IBM in 1990

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Everyone could surmise that something will replace DOS eventually, but the answer of what was not clear Many projects sought to take the crown Fun to think it was going to be jointly held by IBM-Microsoft with their OS/2 OS...!

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

While that was a different situation, MS-DOS was pretty much from the get-go an archaic and primitive OS... No multi-tasking No user accounts No driver model No filesystem/folder security/permission structures No proper networking support No self-heal functionality etc...

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

While Windows does remain dominant on desktops (& laptops) and has since '95, but history tells us a new platform/OS taking hold could happen Prior to Windows, it was MS-DOS, which happens to be another MS product Many thought nothing could take DOS' place, but it did happen

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm going to have another fucking migraine

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JD Puppy 🔜 Michigan Anthro Weekend, BLFC, Confuror @jdpuppy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wahhhwahwah I'm trying to finish creating and filming this choreography in my Raww cosplay to a Forgotten Island song for #FursuitFriday today!! I only have a little time left!! 😱

JD Puppy cosplaying as Raww from Forgotten Island

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pumpkin spice season is the worst possible time for this to happen.

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Acinaces @acinaces.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

but there's the kisser

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Nemera (nub) @nemera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Flew instrument approaches in low ceilings today :]

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So... Microslop has announced a new "OS" called Copilot OS and... I just can't anymore But all I have to say is I'm never using SlopOS And I suggest that to all I'm so done with the AI bullshit, can the bubble pop now? I fucking hate this timeline

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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My wife just informed me that I own every board game except one. I had no Clue.

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laney @saltmalk.in · 21/09/2026

the chase

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Jacklled @jacklled.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

friend asked me to draw the guy from the resident evil movie as a "pathetic looking weasel"

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Crazy to think I've been a furry for 8 years now... Man, has the world has changed so much in that time and my life too (for the worst overall) lol

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's because cowboys live in America, where doesn't have Healthcare (he is self-employed) (and we don't have universal Healthcare)

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SpiritPanda Costumes @spiritpandacostumes.com · 18/09/2026

Big cat foaming TPU bases now available on ko-fi and Etsy! www.etsy.com/listing/4577... ko-fi.com/s/ed9585b840

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

...humanity and all the other crimes they have committed *sigh* You know how bad things are, when you are a full US citizen, born and raised to two citizen parents that have anxieties about it!

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nor do I support racist POS harassing people... Trump has given the green light for the police and ICE to treat all us Latinos like animals I can't wait for the PDF file, warmonger, criminal POS to be out of office and him & his goons to be arrested for their crimes against...

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I mean if you're of Latino descent in this country, this a very real nightmare. We all have heard the stories of people being falsely deported and harassed from police and ICE... I support having law and order, even being select about who we let in our country, but not gestapos!

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

...but not answering the question...! This was some random racist POS who saw that I'm of Latino descent and wanted to be a piece of shit I asked him, "show me your badge" No answer, he keeps harassing me. I wake up from the nightmare...

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Eddy @eddyttw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Woke up from a nightmare in a very bad mood... I was walking out of a supermarket and some guy was walking in who was arguing with someone else, then sees me and asks me for my ID. I said, "are you a police officer?" I flashed my ID to him. He kept asking me questions...

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OTTER @ottertale.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Farm boy ferret. What's his job? #ferret

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Brad Stulberg @bradstulberg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

What wellness is marketed as: -Biohacks -Body lotions -Supplements -Fancy juices -Fasting -Crystals What wellness actually is: -Healthcare coverage -Access to therapy -Walkable cities -Green spaces -Living wages -Eating whole foods -Physical activity -Close knit community -Sleep

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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

America’s problems in one chart.

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