BSOD: It was 20 April 1998 when Bill Gates and Chris Capossela climbed to the stage of the COMDEX conference in Chicago to showcase one of their greatest innovations Windows: plug-and-play support.
The then-innovative plug-and-play technology guaranteed that anything connected peripherally to a computer with Windows it will work without any special setup. 
So to demonstrate the revolutionary plug-and-play functionality in Windows 98, Capossela connected a scanner to a computer running its operating system. companys. Bill Gates was next and smiling, showing off the operating system that will change the world. He had no idea what was coming next…
Capossela explained the process “the new device will load the appropriate drivers. You will notice that this detector generates… ”and stops suddenly. BSOD….
Bill Gates continues to smile, watching a blue screen appear as Capossela shouts "WHOA!"
Without a doubt it is the most famous WHOA! in her story information technologys. Gates doesn't stop smiling, but he realizes what has happened. He knows he has to fix the situation somehow, especially since the entire audience is in fits of laughter. Capossela doesn't know what to say for a few seconds.
"That is why we are not releasing Windows 98 yet," he says, observing the moment of silence and how shocked Capossela was.
But in the end, it all worked out well for Microsoft, and Windows 98 was one of the best versions of Windows ever released, with about 25 million sold in just the first year.
And as The Register mentions, Chris Capossela survived Gates' wrath after the official BSOD presentation. He is still at Microsoft and works as Chief Marketing Officer.
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