Microsoft History

Microsoft Windows
1983 was announced November 10, 1983.
1985 Microsoft Windows 1.0 was introduced in November 20, 1985 and was sold for $ 100.00.
1987 Microsoft Windows 2.0 was released December 9, 1987 and was sold for $ 100.00.
Microsoft Windows 1987 or Windows/386 386 was introduced December 9, 1987 and was sold for $ 100.00.
Microsoft Windows 1988 or Windows/286 286 was introduced in June 1988 and was sold for $ 100.00.
1990 Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released in May, 22 1990. Microsoft Windows 3.0 full version is priced at $ 149.95 and the upgrade version was priced at $ 79.95.
1991, following its decision to develop operating systems that work with IBM, Microsoft changes the name of OS / 2 to Windows NT.
1991 Microsoft Windows 3.0 or Windows 3.0a with multimedia was released October 1991.
1992 Microsoft Windows 3.1 was released in April 1992 and sold over 1 million copies in the first two months of release.
1992 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1 was released in October 1992.
1993 Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 was released July 27, 1993.
1993, the number of licensed users of Microsoft Windows now totals more than 25 million.
1994 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was released in February 1994.
1994 Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 was released September 21, 1994.
1995 Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 was released May 30, 1995.
1995 Microsoft Windows 1995 was released August 24, 1995 and sells more than 1 million copies in four days.
1996 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 was released July 29, 1996.
1996 Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 was released in November 1996.
1997 Microsoft Windows CE 2.0 was released in November 1997.
1998, Microsoft Windows 1998 was released in June 1998.
1998, Microsoft Windows CE 2.1 was released in July 1998.
1998 In October 1998, Microsoft announced that future versions of Windows NT is no longer the initials NT and the next edition would be Windows 2000.
1999, Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) was published May 5, 1999.
1999, Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 was released 1999.
On January 4, 2000 at CES Bill Gates announced the new version of Windows CE will be called Pocket PC.
2000 Microsoft Windows 2000 was released February 17, 2000.
2000 Microsoft Windows ME (Millennium) released June 19, 2000.
2001 Microsoft Windows XP is released October 25, 2001.
2001 Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit (2002 version) for Itanium systems is released March 28, 2003.
2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003.
2003 Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit (2003 version) for Itanium 2 was released on March 28, 2003.
2003 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003 was released on December 18 May 2003.
2004 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 was released October 12, 2004.
2005 Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition was released April 24, 2005.
2005 Microsoft announces the next OS, codenamed "Longhorn" will be called Windows Vista July 23, 2005.
Microsoft 2006 Microsoft released Windows Vista for businesses on November 30, 2006.
2007 Microsoft releases Windows Vista and Office 2007 for the general public January 30, 2007.
2009 Microsoft releases Windows 7 October 22, 2009

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