Microsoft Windows 3.0 Released

Windows is a proprietary graphical operating system developed and marketed by Microsoft.^¹ Windows is grouped into families that cater to particular sectors of the computing industry – Windows for personal computers, Windows Server for servers, and Windows IoT for embedded systems.^¹ Windows itself is further grouped into editions that cater to different users – Home for home users, Professional for advanced users, Education for schools, and Enterprise for corporations.^¹ Windows is sold both as a consumer retail product and to computer manufacturers, who bundle and distribute it with their systems.^¹