Year
|
Event
|
See the codename
definition for a listing of Microsoft codenames.
|
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1983
|
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1985
|
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1987
|
Microsoft Windows
2.0 was released December 9, 1987 and is initially sold for $100.00.
|
1987
|
Microsoft Windows/386
or Windows 386 is introduced December 9, 1987 and is initially sold for
$100.00.
|
1988
|
Microsoft Windows/286
or Windows 286 is introduced June, 1988 and is initially sold for $100.00.
|
1990
|
Microsoft Windows 3.0 was
released May, 22 1990. Microsoft Windows 3.0 full version was priced at
$149.95 and the upgrade version was priced at $79.95.
|
1991
|
Following its decision not to develop operating systems
cooperatively with IBM, Microsoftchanges 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 April, 1992 and sells more than 1 Million copies within the first
two months of its release.
|
1992
|
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1 was
released October, 1992.
|
1993
|
Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 was
released July 27, 1993.
|
1993
|
Microsoft Windows 3.11, an update
to Windows 3.1 is released December 31, 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 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 95 was
released August 24, 1995 and sells more than 1 Million copies within 4 days.
|
1995
|
Microsoft Windows 95 Service
Pack 1 (4.00.950A) is released February 14, 1996.
|
1996
|
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 was
released July 29, 1996.
|
1996
|
|
1996
|
Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 was
released November, 1996.
|
1997
|
Microsoft Windows CE 2.0 was
released November, 1997.
|
1997
|
Microsoft Windows 95 (4.00.950C)
aka OSR2.5 is released November 26, 1997.
|
1998
|
Microsoft Windows 98 was
released June, 1998.
|
1998
|
Microsoft Windows CE 2.1 was
released July, 1998.
|
1998
|
In October of 1998 Microsoft announced
that future releases of Windows NT would no longer have the initials of NT
and that the next edition would be Windows 2000.
|
1999
|
Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second
Edition) was released May 5, 1999.
|
1999
|
Microsoft Windows CE 3.0 was
released 1999.
|
2000
|
On January 4th at CES Bill Gates
announces 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
Edition (Version 2002) for Itanium systems is released March 28, 2003.
|
2003
|
Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003.
|
2003
|
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit
Edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is released on March 28, 2003.
|
2003
|
Microsoft Windows XP Media
Center Edition 2003 is released on December 18, 2003.
|
2004
|
Microsoft Windows XP Media
Center Edition 2005 is released on October 12, 2004.
|
2005
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition is released on April 24, 2005.
|
2005
|
Microsoft announces
it's next operating system, codenamed "Longhorn" will be named
Windows Vista on July 23, 2005.
|
2006
|
Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista to
corporations on November 30, 2006.
|
2007
|
Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista and
Office 2007 to the general public January 30, 2007.
|
2008
|
Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 to the public on February 27, 2008.
|
2009
|
|
2012
|
|
2015
|
Microsoft planning to release Windows 10
|
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