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		jdswain 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Windows 95 user interface: A case study in usa... The windows 95 user interface was 'inspired by' the NeXT user interface, and to some degree the Mac UI. Microsoft had a NeXT computer to copy off, even though they wouldn't develop for it.

sedatk 22 days ago [–]

Exactly. Windows Cairo was planned to be a competitor to NeXTSTEP, and later, parts of it made it to Windows 95 and NT.

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