http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/WIndows+1 used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/25_years_ago_today_bill_gates_announced_windows_10 <!--paging_filter--><div style="text-align: center"><img src="/files/u58308/Windows1_cutdown.jpg" width="415" height="311" /></div> <p>Nearly a quarter century ago, a young, pinup version Bill Gates <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/11/dayintech_1110">released</a> Microsoft’s first operating system, Windows. While the announcement was made in 1983, and the boxes wouldn’t see store shelves until 1985, Gates’ debut at New York’s Helmsley Palace Hotel was a notably ambitious one.</p> <p> Gates stated that his fledgling operating system would be powering 90% of IBM’s computers by 1984. This didn’t come true initially (read: missed release date by a year), but it has managed to come to fruition as a number that’s near Windows’ market share today.</p> <p> While Windows 1 was a short-lived ride, being made obsolete only two years later by Windows 2, it was a great start for Microsoft. Using a brand new graphical interface, it certainly made an impact on computing, as we know it today. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: xx-small">Image Credit: Microsoft </span></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/25_years_ago_today_bill_gates_announced_windows_10#comments News Bill Gates microsoft Software windows WIndows 1 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:40:15 -0600 Andy Salisbury 4241 at http://www.maximumpc.com