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title: "Microsoft Windows 3.0 Released"
year: 1990
country: "United States"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1990/windows-3-launch"
slug: "windows-3-launch"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1990-01-01"
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# Microsoft Windows 3.0 Released

> The graphical OS that finally made personal computing mainstream and unseated Apple's dominance.

## Summary

Windows is a proprietary graphical operating system developed and marketed by Microsoft. 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. 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. Windows is sold both as a consumer retail product and to computer manufacturers, who bundle and distribute it with their systems.

## Sources

- [Microsoft Windows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1990/windows-3-launch