# Is there a section for computer-related myth?

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**Created:** [September 13, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-section-for-computer-related-myth/463401 "2008-09-13T04:19:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![pagen\_hd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pagen\_hd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pagen_hd)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-section-for-computer-related-myth/463401/1 "2008-09-13T04:19:46Z")

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such as “Windows was the first graphic interface OS”

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-section-for-computer-related-myth/463401/2 "2008-09-13T04:21:15Z")

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> [@pagen\_hd](#):
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> such as “Windows was the first graphic interface OS”

Are you implying that anyone thinks that?

Is it igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary, this rock that you found them hiding under?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-section-for-computer-related-myth/463401/3 "2008-09-13T06:01:53Z")

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> [@pagen\_hd](#):
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> such as “Windows was the first graphic interface OS”

I have worked with computers professionally for 16 years and as a small part of my job or recreationally for 26 years\*. I have mostly use Windows machines in that time, including DOS 2.0 and even Windows 3.0 that few ever used.

I have never heard this myth before. Where did you hear it?

- A TI99/4A was my first. All 16 KB memory of it.

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-section-for-computer-related-myth/463401/4 "2008-09-13T07:32:59Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> I have never heard this myth before. Where did you hear it?

I’ve heard of it.

Go here to help kill it —\> [http://escience.anu.edu.au/lecture/cg/Import/GUI\_Timeline/](http://escience.anu.edu.au/lecture/cg/Import/GUI_Timeline/)

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-section-for-computer-related-myth/463401/5 "2008-09-13T12:28:19Z")

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I would think this is a General Questions situation, where dissemination of information and debunking of urban legends go hand in hand.

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**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2008, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-section-for-computer-related-myth/463401/6 "2008-09-14T08:47:26Z")

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Myth Who?