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The history of Windows in brief

1985: Windows 1.0
The first version of Widows, operating system with user interface designed for IBM computers, was demonstrated by Bill Gates in 1983. Despite the promises that Windows 1.0 would appear in stores by the end of 1984, it happened a year later.

1987: Windows 2.0
The second version of Widows was a significant improvement. Programs and files were for the first time displayed in the shape of graphic icons. Windows based computers started looking similar to Apple, which was the main cause of one of the biggest disputes in IT industry, from which Microsoft came out as winner.

1990: Windows 3.0
The success of Windows begins with the introduction of its third version. In the first year Microsoft sold three million copies of the new operating system and, even more importantly, drew the attention of programmers, who began more and more actively to produce applications designed for Windows.

1993: Windows NT 3.1
Microsoft's NT family of operating systems presented a new direction in the development of Windows, designed with the purpose to satisfy the needs of more demanding business environments.

1994: Windows NT Workstation 3.5
After going after the servicing segment of the market, in 1994 Microsoft attacked the market of graphic work cells, what was at that time looked at with an ironic smile. In those days UNIX did not have a worthy competition.

1995: Windows 95
Windows 95 entered the market at the end of summer, followed by an unprecedented hysteria in the informatical world. The copies of new Windows were at that time sold even to customers that did not have their own computer.