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What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for?

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310 points rbanffy | 9 comments | 13 May 25 11:06 UTC | HN request time: 1.307s | source | bottom
1. pavlov ◴[16 May 25 19:16 UTC] No.44008903[source]▶
Roman numerals in software versioning should make a comeback.

The Cicero-approved desktop of MS-DOS programs from this moricons.dll set would include these:

Applause II 1.5

Framework III

Crosstalk-XVI 3.71

PC Paintbrush IV Plus

And of course you’d want dBase III+ and Deluxe Paint II Enhanced.

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2. PTOB ◴[16 May 25 20:01 UTC] No.44009285[source]▶
I support this. "Windows XI" looks so much more professional and enigmatic.
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3. joemi ◴[16 May 25 20:11 UTC] No.44009375[source]▶
No thanks. Then it just causes confusion when some people use the roman numerals and other people convert them to arabic numerals. Especially for cases like Applause and Crosstalk mentioned above.
4. pavlov ◴[16 May 25 20:20 UTC] No.44009467[source]▶
This website best experienced with Chrome CXXXVII+ on Windows XI Enhanced.
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5. ◴[16 May 25 21:55 UTC] No.44010112[source]▶
6. themadturk ◴[16 May 25 22:16 UTC] No.44010252[source]▶
Lotus I-II-III?
7. jasomill ◴[17 May 25 00:43 UTC] No.44011119{3}[source]▶
Build ↂↂↁↀⅭ.ↀↁⅬⅩⅠ
8. AStonesThrow ◴[17 May 25 09:56 UTC] No.44013231[source]▶
You may laugh, but when I heard that Microsoft was working on code-name "Cairo" I turned that around phonetically in my head until I realized they were indeed referring to "Windows Chi-Rho".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi_Rho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP

9. int_19h ◴[19 May 25 13:18 UTC] No.44029557[source]▶
They should go all the way to Windows MMXXV etc.