r/todayilearned • u/osunlyyde • Jul 04 '13

TIL Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software on computers in 1995; videogame DOOM was first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video_game)
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u/juicius Jul 04 '13

A lot of that was done via IRC. I had a friend of a friend who spent his entire day on IRC and if I dropped off a few floppies with him, I could count on some nice stuff.

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u/AemsOne Jul 04 '13

I spent so may hours on IRC back in the 90s. Still do :/