It was primarily designed in 1985 by Microsoft to make the use of IBM
personal computers easier, for those who were intimidated by MS-DOS in its text 
only glory


It was originally developed in 1981 by Xerox Corporation, and I believe they called it Rooms at that time. Microsoft, as has been their business strategy from day one, stole the technology and played their little game of keep-away with it, just as they did with DOS before it, which was not theirs either.

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