Yesterday, famous MS-DOS celebrated its 30 years old. The first MS-DOS system was introduced by Microsoft on July 27, 1981, after they purchased the rights to QDOS, which was created by Seattle Computer Products.

It brings back so many memories…

If you are familiar with computers the chances are you are familiar with Microsoft Windows. The software has gone through many evolutions over the years, which has lead to a revolution in the way we use computers.

1985 - Windows 1.0

NLA made a report about the working environment in Chinese company KYE which manufactures products for Microsoft: gamepads, mice, keyboards. Report shows facts about KYE’s employees treated there as slaves. The staff is working for 90 hours per week, receiving 52 cents per hour (about 200 dollars a month), they are forbidden to talk to each other, to go to the bathroom during working hours (which makes a 15-hour shift) and to leave the factory. They live in dormitories, 14 people in a room, they are beaten and female workers are very often sexually harassed by security guards and many more.

The employees say that they don’t have a life, they have only work. They sleep, get up very early, go to work, come back and go to sleep. And this circle never stops until they decide to leave the factory or to flee.

Photos from the report NLA: