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Posted: 2008-11-05 13:51
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BBC article

Windows 3.x has come to the closing moments of its long life.

On 1 November Microsoft stopped issuing licences for the software that made its debut in May 1990 in the US.

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Posted: 2008-11-05 13:56
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Wow! How it could last this long?

I suppose xp will last til 2019

I never used this windows version though.
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Posted: 2008-11-05 13:58
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my first windows version was v2, and it was rubbish so I went back to DOS but once v3 came out I was hooked
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Posted: 2008-11-05 18:26
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On 2008-11-05 13:58:39, masseur wrote:
my first windows version was v2, and it was rubbish and so have all the rest of the releases... even vista



really? didnt know you had put up with it for that long?
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Posted: 2008-11-05 20:50
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DOS ROCKED
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Posted: 2008-11-05 20:55
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That's sad. I remember this windows, first solitaire i ever played was on this version
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Posted: 2008-11-06 22:17
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Damn it!! I had better upgrade to Win 95!
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