Microsoft finally retires Windows 3
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Over a decade after it became unviable technologically, Microsoft finally retired Windows 3, the version of its OS that catapulted the software giant to fame, fortune, and industry prominence. Well, sort of. Microsoft had been offering the final version of the Windows 3 product line, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, to hardware vendors in the embedded market. And now, 15 years after its release, that aging system is finally being put to bed."Effective November 1, OEMs will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel," Microsoft's John Coyne noted in a blog post announcing the change a few months ago.