The beginning of November 2008 bought the final hammer blow down on the software that really kick started a generation, Windows 3.x, fifteen years after reaching its maturity in 1993. You might be wondering what on earth it is doing still in operation, well it was a great platform and found a real niche in embedded systems. When I think fondly back about Windows I think of Windows For Workgroups v3.11 on top of MS-DOS 6.22.

I wonder if the powers that be are thinking this might finally corner us all into installing Vista?

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• BBC News: The end of an era – Windows 3.x
• Wiki: Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft discontinues Windows… 3.x
• Microsoft pulls final plug on plucky Windows 3
• Gizmodo: Windows 3.x Discontinued