But was Microsoft ever cool in the sense that Google was circa 2005? (Asking honestly, I'm too young to remember that period.)
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/windows-95-launch-day-1995/
I remember people commenting "never seen such a thing before, for a computer OS!"
"Many electronics stores held midnight launches for the product, with thousands of people waiting in line to be the first to get their hands on the operating system.
The release was a tremendous success. Microsoft sold 7 million copies in the first five weeks, and Windows 95 was soon the most popular operating system on the market."