The end of an era - Windows 3.x

soumya · 06-11-2008, 11:54 PM

An application has expectedly quit.

Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life.

On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in the US.

The various versions of Windows 3.x (including 3.11) released in the early 1990s, were the first of Microsoft's graphical user interfaces to win huge worldwide success.

They helped Microsoft establish itself and set the trend for how it makes its revenues, and what drives the company until the present day.

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thechamp · 07-11-2008, 12:00 AM

People Still use Windows 3.X

kumarmohit · 07-11-2008, 12:02 AM

How come they were still selling this thing?

j_h · 07-11-2008, 08:49 PM

Yeah I feel sad because i started with windows 3.1
I had a black and white monitor then

Bandu · 07-11-2008, 09:12 PM

Me too... actually with DOS. Still remember carrying those 10 or 11 disks of the first version of Windows 3.x to school to show off to friends.

RIP Windows 3.x

skippednote · 07-11-2008, 09:28 PM

To make way for new things old one have to step aside

06-11-2008, 11:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
soumya In The Zone Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Barasat, Kolkata Posts: 351	The end of an era - Windows 3.x An application has expectedly quit. Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life. On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in the US. The various versions of Windows 3.x (including 3.11) released in the early 1990s, were the first of Microsoft's graphical user interfaces to win huge worldwide success. They helped Microsoft establish itself and set the trend for how it makes its revenues, and what drives the company until the present day. Full Story __________________ I blog at http://windowsxperience.wordpress.com/

07-11-2008, 12:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
thechamp .NET Guru Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Delhi Posts: 91	Re: The end of an era - Windows 3.x People Still use Windows 3.X __________________ Got a problem in .NET ask it here - askabhishek.blogspot.com

07-11-2008, 12:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
kumarmohit Human Spambot Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riding an Oliphaunt Posts: 2,165	Re: The end of an era - Windows 3.x How come they were still selling this thing? __________________ The real and only freedom is Public Domain. Everything else in unfree! Even those who claim to be the self styled evangelists of freedom are not free because freedom cannot be forced by any means!

07-11-2008, 08:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
j_h Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 105	Re: The end of an era - Windows 3.x Yeah I feel sad because i started with windows 3.1 I had a black and white monitor then

07-11-2008, 09:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bandu Broken In Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 160	Re: The end of an era - Windows 3.x Me too... actually with DOS. Still remember carrying those 10 or 11 disks of the first version of Windows 3.x to school to show off to friends. RIP Windows 3.x

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07-11-2008, 09:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
skippednote M3TAL H3AD M3 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Highway To Hell Posts: 1,366	Re: The end of an era - Windows 3.x To make way for new things old one have to step aside __________________ I spit Rainbows.

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