I exactly remember back in the childhood i started learning computer using Windows 3.x I used to love the look of the operating system as it was the first time people had GUI interface and got rid of MS DOS and the floppy disks :-} So finally On November 1st Microsoft has officially stopped issuing license for Windows 3.x that made it debut in May 1990 as reported on BBC website,
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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For many computer users 3.x was the first Windows-based operating system they used, and the software established the iconography of Microsoft’s flagship product.
As it was updated the software started to make PCs a serious rival to Apple machines, as it could take advantage of much improved graphics, had a broader colour palette, and could use multimedia extras such as sound cards and CD Rom drives.
Microsoft maintained support for Windows 3.x until the end of 2001, and it has lived on as an embedded operating system until 1 November 2008.
But I am rather surprised is there anyone on earth still using Windows 3.x …. ” Windows 3.x has found a role onboard some long-haul jet aircraft” as noted on the news site… amazing isn’t? However I have seen people who are still using Windows98 and I myself using XP *blush* didn’t get the time to upgrade to Vista that frankly didn’t inspire me either. Anyway very informative news stories that i came across today.