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The AIM Alliance, announced in July 1991 Info World

Posted June 30, 2020 by Version Museum
The AIM Alliance consisted of three tech companies trying to compete against the Microsoft Windows-Intel duo (known as WinTel at the time). Apple, IBM, and Motorola joined forces to collaborate and invest in a new computing platform.
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A look back at the early homepages of the CDC and WHO in the 1990s

Posted March 12, 2020 by Version Museum
Coronavirus has changed almost all aspects of modern life in such a short time. The CDC and WHO are both working to mitigate the effects of the virus. Here's how their websites looked back in the early days.
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New Amazon.com Website Images From 1997

Posted August 26, 2019 by Version Museum
In performing research recently on the early Amazon.com years, we came across a video by KIRO 7 News (Seattle) from 1997. It was posted to Youtube in 2016 and only had 2,900 views at the time we saw it earlier this week. Which is a shame, because it has some really useful footage of Amazon's early website which we hadn't seen before (and believe me, we've looked for everything).
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Why is Microsoft teasing Windows 1.0 on social media?

Posted July 3, 2019 by Version Museum
What is going on with Microsoft's social media accounts? Twitter and Instagram accounts for Windows are showing all sorts of retro Windows 1.0 promos. This is the kind of thing that gets us really excited here at Version Museum HQ! In fact, the Instagram account for Windows removed all previous posts, and are now showing only stuff related to Windows 1.0. Crazy...
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