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with the early Microsoft Mouse, from version 4 of the DOS drivers in 1985. Both Microsoft and their competitor, Mouse Systems, bundled their mice with paint programs to drive sales.

Microsoft's mechanical mice outsold Mouse Systems' optical mice after a few years. Microsoft eventually bought the rights to use PC Paintbrush and incorporated it into Windows 1 in a cut-down edition, and bought the rights to a later more featured version of PC Paintbrush for Windows 3.

Along with the release

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