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Ballmer sells windows1.0 (video)

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The commercial of Windows 1.0. Steve Ballmer telling about all the features of the OS

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Ballmer sells windows1.0 spoof (video)

— youtube.com — Parody on 'Ballmer sells windows 1.0', by Justin Johnson.... (more) Ballmer sells windows1.0 spoof (video)

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