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Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?

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305 points mooreds | 2 comments | 17 Nov 24 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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rbanffy ◴[17 Nov 24 22:11 UTC] No.42167807[source]▶
If they were going to install a bare Windows 3, they could at least make an effort to ship a bare 95.
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1. Kwpolska ◴[18 Nov 24 17:54 UTC] No.42174937[source]▶
Why would they do that? The only thing this could change is a slightly prettier UI, they still needed a 16-bit Windows 3.x-compatible install program. Not worth the extra effort and extra floppies.
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2. rbanffy ◴[18 Nov 24 21:04 UTC] No.42177013[source]▶
If they made a bare 95, the 16-bit installer could just reboot into it.