What is the True Purpose of Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell | Mental games in Microsoft OS?
Microsoft Solitaire debuted in Windows in 1990 when the software giant rolled out version 3.0 of the operating system, and it was the first widely-popular digital version of the card game (although it actually existed since the 1700s, but in traditional form).
And as it turns out, Microsoft had one very clear goal in mind when bringing Solitaire in Windows: to teach Windows adopters how to use the mouse and drag and drop features. As weird as it may sound, at that point, the mouse was still an unexplored world for most computer users, mostly because the majority were used with the traditional command line.
So Solitaire was there to make the whole mouse thing a familiar experience, and judging from where the mouse is right now, Microsoft’s plan was kind of successful.
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