[smacktoward]

> So both the 70s and the 90s were great decades for computing. Not sure what happened in the 80s

Microsoft.

- MS-DOS: 1981

- Word: 1983

- Windows: 1985

- Excel: 1985

- Word for Windows: 1989

- Office: 1990

If your view of computing history is through *nix-alike or Mac lenses the '80s are going to look pretty barren, because the '80s were when Microsoft was busy driving both those markets into nearly-complete irrelevance.

[farva]

AT&T and Sun did a good job of rendering Unix irrelevant during the "Unix Wars". Microsoft hedged their bets with Xenix until it became clear that wasn't the way forward.

[z1mm32m4n]

Interesting, what caused those markets to resurge in the 90's then?

[IvyMike]

Internet