On November 20, 1985, Windows 1.0 shipped for the first time, marking the beginning of a Windows era that reshaped personal computing. Today, on November 20, 2025, Microsoft is celebrating 40 years of ...

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface Manager." The title was ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

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