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by zanethomas 1180 days ago
This might be a previously unknown bit of NeXT and Windows history.

While Windows 3 was in development I was in the next building working on os/2. (not bragging <g>)

I spent a lot of time in a lab that had a lot of hardware. One day a NeXT machine showed up in the lab.

The next day there was a line of Windows developers waiting for their chance too look at it. (we'll forget the fun I had grabbing a screen shot of the desktop which i then left displayed full screen)

It was a mere matter of days before a build of Windows with 3d buttons came out, and the rest is more history.