Flashnot: Windows 200 Released
Posted by Matthew on Saturday October 12, 2002 @12:11AM
from the unknown dept.
tillman writes: Flashnot is a regular feature of Slashnot that looks back at the history of computing.
The year was 200 A.D., Septimius Severus was Emperor, and Windows 200 was released. Consisting of a large rock wall with a hole in it, Windows 200 was marketed as both a firewall and a commerce portal–the first such product to incorporate security and accessibility in a single product.
The market for Windows 200 was limited to the Roman Empire by restrictive export laws that controlled any technology that could be used to block the entrance to a crypt. This delayed its deployment amongst European tribes until the collapse of the empire.
Windows 200 remained popular until the much delayed release of Windows 1522, which incorporated new transparency features, a security management system referred as “lock and key”, and the MoveableType font rendering system.