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Coming from DOS programming where you had to draw your own "windows" using using extended ASCII characters and listen for interrupts to handle mouse clicks I thought Win32 API was awesome. I think NeXTSTEP would have blown my mind if I had chance to touch a NeXT box.

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You spend a goodly amount of time looking at the interface builder and trying to figure out why you did not have to add code to the button or subclass it. There is a definite "wow" moment.

Drawing your own Windows was great because every application had its own character and style. It was an art. Then Windows came and made everything boring. (I see Zuckerberg following Gates footsteps--let's make the interface boring.) My mind was blown by Amiga--the music, multitasking, deluxe paint, video editing, 3D animation, it was a machine for real professional artists that made Windows & Mac look like a Timex Sinclair.

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