minus-square@zagaberoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilink5•2 years agoThere’s a bit more subtlety to it than that. The PC architecture that dominates today is a direct descendant of the 1981 IBM Personal Computer, which was made to run DOS and later Wondows. The cultural association makes sense in that context.
minus-squareBoblinkfedilink8•2 years agoI know it’s a completely normal typo that anyone could make, but “Wondows” has just made me a laugh for a good few seconds.
minus-square@zagaberoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilink1•2 years agoThat’s what I get for not using autocorrect 😆
There’s a bit more subtlety to it than that. The PC architecture that dominates today is a direct descendant of the 1981 IBM Personal Computer, which was made to run DOS and later Wondows. The cultural association makes sense in that context.
I know it’s a completely normal typo that anyone could make, but “Wondows” has just made me a laugh for a good few seconds.
It made me wondor for a sec
That’s what I get for not using autocorrect 😆