Microsoft Windows timeline for those that are interested.
November, 1985 Windows 1.0
1987 Windows 2.0
May, 1990 Windows 3.0
1992 Windows 3.1
1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1
July, 1993 Windows NT 3.1
December, 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11
September, 1994 Windows NT 3.5
May, 1995 Windows NT 3.51
August 24, 1995 Windows 95
July, 1996 Windows NT 4.0
June 25, 1998 Windows 98
February 17, 2000 Windows 2000
September 14, 2000 Windows Me
In January 2001 Microsoft announced the demise of the Windows 9x kernel.
Microsoft Operating Systems Based on the Windows NT Kernel
August 1993 Windows NT 3.1
September 1994 Windows NT 3.5
June 1995 Windows NT 3.51
August 1996 Windows NT 4.0
September 1997 Windows NT 5.0 Beta 1
August 1998 Windows NT 5.0 Beta 2
April 1999 Windows 2000 Beta 3
July 1999 Windows 2000 RC 1
September 1999 Windows 2000 RC 2
November 1999 Windows 2000 RC 3
February 2000 Windows 2000
July 2000 Windows 2000 SP 1
August 2000 Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
October 2000 Windows Whistler Beta 1
March 2001 Windows XP Beta 2
June 2001 Windows XP RC 1
July 2001 Windows XP RC 2
August 2001 Windows XP RTM
October 25, 2001 Windows XP Home and Professional
April 25, 2003 Windows Server 2003
2003 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003
October 12, 2004 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
April 25, 2005 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Est. November 2006 Windows Vista Business editions
Est. January 2007 Windows Vista Home editions
2007 Windows Server "Longhorn"
2011 Windows "Vienna"
2 comments:
wow, great info.. must have spent whole night research this one. And I find it interesting so please dont take it otherwise. will bookmark this blog just in case i might need it for something. But seriously why exactly did you choose this topic.
I chose the windows timeline topic because my son asked me. He is 18yo and going to major in computer science in college in the fall. :) Thanks for bookmaking my Blog. John
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