The inclusion of games like Solitaire and Minesweeper on early versions of Windows was no happy coincidence. Sure,it gave millions of computer users across the globe the perfect excuse to procrastinate, but their presence on Windows served a much larger and intriguing purpose. DON’T MISS: Want to hack a car? Don’t try hacking a Tesla Though Apple brought the mouse mainstream when it introduced the Mac in 1984, or the platform’s relatively small marketshare meant that most computer users were still unfamiliar with a standard GUI. So when Microsoft introduced Windows 3.0 in 1990,it included Microsoft Solitaire as a fun way to accept consumers accustomed to basic computer functions like dragging and dropping. Speaking to this point, Microsoft product manager Libby Duzan tol
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