This Month In the History of Information Technologies

This Month In the History of Information Technologies

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Windows born

Windows born

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Today in 1983, Microsoft announced Windows, “a window manager and graphical-device interface,” saying it will ship the software to dealers “in April (although a product like Windows is difficult to predict and may take longer),” reported John Markoff in InfoWorld.

Windows 1.01

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