Express Software History

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History

Back on May 19, 1997, there was a big storm, some would call it a tornado, that stretched from Glen Ellyn to Glendale Heights. During this storm, a programmer by the name of Joseph Cosentino, decided to make a Windows 95- like operating system. But then it came to him, in order to be like Windows 95, it would have to have a DOS built into it. So, on May 19, 1997, Joseph Cosentino wrote the outline for EX-DOS 1.0. But, there was a problem. Joe had never written anything close to an operating system before. So, he started out with easy commands and worked from there. The first command written was COMP.EXE. So, as time went on, Joe very slowly wrote both the internal and external commands. Then it happened.

The date - July 5, 1997. Percent complete - 53%.
Joe's little brother and his friend were playing on his computer, and managed to format (erase all the information on) his hard disk drive. This is where the shit really starts to hit the fan. Problem: No backup of the operating system. Solution 1: Suicide. Solution 2: Restart the operating system. So after 3 pots of coffee, 2 cappucino's, 8 Latté's, 5 hours and 26 minutes, Joe managed to get his system back up (minus EX-DOS). And at 5:08 am central time, EX-DOS 1.0 was officially re-conceived. So, it happened again. Joe started pulling applications back online. Time: Middle of January, 1998. Joe was 90 percent done with the operating system all by himself. After 296 days, on March 11, 1998, the journey was over. EX-DOS 1.0 was officialy born at 5:30am. Thus, brought upon the age of Express Software.