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Reply 20 of 21, by zuldan

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He posted a video yesterday. https://youtu.be/7cuPfiw9WZA?si=_nlLV9B06cEHeJJS

Starts talking about DirectX launch about 4 minutes in. Very interesting!

Later on he talks about Bill Gates in the Windows 95 Doom video (which I didn’t even know existed) https://youtu.be/b2V9TFrmQ_Q?si=qWk-QGFP2sCMR3nk

Reply 21 of 21, by BlackDoomer

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Alex has brought even more stuff on DirectX over the past year.
I thought it would be good to post it here, as his YouTube channel has a lot more videos, requiring some effort to sift through.

  • 30th Anniversary of Windows 95 , DirectX 1.0 and Doom95 - September 9, 2025
    Windows 95 Sr. VP Brad Silverberg credits the DirectX team for it's contributions to Windows 95 success on the 30th anniversary of its release. The Saint tells the story of what that day was like on Microsoft, when thousands of engineers who had been working day and night for 4 years, exploded from their offices to celebrate the completion of one of the most epic software engineering endeavors in human history.
  • Early Microsoft Evangelism - June 25, 2025
    We were told that our job wasn't done until Microsoft was declared a monopoly. The Saint tells stories about the early days of Apple Vs Microsoft Vs Intel evangelism.
  • Microsoft Confidential: Taking Fun Seriously - October 8, 2024
    The Saint releases the original internal Microsoft strategy document proposing to transform Microsoft into a video game platform company.
  • Microsoft Confidential: Taking Fun Seriously pt. 2 - October 12, 2024
    The Saint continues the reading of the original Microsoft internal strategy document to make Windows a gaming platform, including the early outline for how to compete with Consoles... along with The Saints modern commentary on how and where Microsoft screwed up the XBOX strategy resulting in the ultimate failure of XBOX to win the console wars.
  • DirectX Judgement Day October 30 1995 - November 1, 2024
    Lost video of the DirectX Launch Party called Judgement Day on Microsoft Campus, Halloween 1995
  • Komo TV news Coverage of DirectX Launch at Judgement Day 1995 - November 1, 2024
  • DirectX Reel - November 1, 2024

my English is broken beyond any repair, and I'm really sorry for that.