Windows 3.0
(Part of the Microsoft Windows family)
Screenshot



A typical Windows 3.0 workspace
Developer
Microsoft
Release information
Release date: May 22, 1990 info
Current version: Windows 3.00a, October 31, 1990 info
Source model: Closed source
License: Microsoft EULA
Kernel type: N/A
Support status
Unsupported as of December 31, 2001

Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, and came out on May 22, 1990. It became the first widely successful version of Windows (see history of Microsoft Windows) and a powerful rival to Apple Macintosh and the Commodore Amiga on the GUI front. It was succeeded by Windows 3.1.