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What Happened on November 10th
November 10, 1983
Microsoft Introduces Windows
Microsoft announces a new product, Windows, to compete with other graphical environments for computers, such as interface on the Apple Lisa. After several delays, Windows 1.0 finally became available to the public in 1985.
@TheNewsOwl I'm old enough to remember having to reinstall the first version of Windows every week. With Windows 95 it was every month. With Windows 98 it was every two months. With Windows NT it was every six months. With Windows 10 it was once a year.
Now I'm running Linux. I installed it once and have never looked back.
Its major features included pull-down menus, tiled windows, mouse support, and cooperative multitasking of the programβs applications. Although Windows 1.0 saw some use, the Windows interface did not gain general acceptance until version 3.0.