Saturday, July 12th 2008
Microsoft Windows 3.11 to Finally Disappear Forever
Now we all know that Windows 3.11 is long gone, but after that you read this strange title again and start wondering? Yes, although you know that retail distribution of Windows 3.11 has been out for very long, it had been around for a good 15 years selling through the so called Embedded Channel. Windows for Workgroups (WFW) 3.11 is still used in a countless number of low-horsepower platforms such as cash registers and train schedule displays. That's until today, when Microsoft is officially ending all sales of Windows 3.11 for good. Microsoft's John Coyne announced:
Source:
Ubergizmo
for those that were not aware, we recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM's will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel. Now we all know that it's been long gone in the standard (retail/OEM) channel, but one of the unique things in the embedded business is that we allow the classic OS products to be sold longer than the other channels. it's *finally the end of an era!
31 Comments on Microsoft Windows 3.11 to Finally Disappear Forever
I still have my WFW3.11 disks, but I dont know what disks 7 and 8 are for; installation only needs 1 - 6!
I could VM it on my laptop. :laugh:
Goodnight, Sweet Prince :cry:
I still have a download install of it somewhere, a whole 5mb I think. LoL