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 everything connected peripherally in one 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 σε έναν υπολογιστή που έτρεχε το λειτουργικό της εταιρείας. Ο Bill Gates ήταν δίπλα και χαμογελαστός, καμαρώνοντας το λειτουργικό που θα αλλάξει τον κόσμο. Δεν είχε ιδέα για το τι θα ακολουθούσε...
Capossela explained the process "the new device will load the appropriate drivers. You will notice that this detector creates ..." and suddenly stops. BSOD...
Bill Gates continues to smile, observing a blue οθόνη που εμφανίστηκε ενώ ο Capossela φωνάζει "WHOA!"
No doubt it is the most famous WHOA! in the history of information technology. Gates does not stop smiling, but he realizes what has happened. He knows he has to correct the situation in some way, especially because the whole audience is starving at laughs. Capossela does not know what to say for a few seconds.
"This is why we're not releasing Windows 98 yet," he says, noting the moment of silence and how shocked Capossela was.
But in the end, everything turned out well for Microsoft, and Windows 98 was one of the best versions of Windows ever released, with around 25 millions sales only in 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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