Time to upgrade from Windows for Workgroups 3.11
On November 1, 2008, Microsoft will no longer allow OEMs to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 for installation on new computers--exactly 15 years after it shipped in November 1993. Time to finally upgrade to Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/07/09/oem-licensing-for-windows-3-11-finally-to-end-in-4-months
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/07/09/oem-licensing-for-windows-3-11-finally-to-end-in-4-months
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undomiel
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Or, time to start stock-piling WfW311!Jumping on the IT blogging band wagon -- http://www.jefferyland.com/ -
royal
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What's Windows for Workgroups 3.11?“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” - Harry F. Banks -
scheistermeister
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royal wrote:What's Windows for Workgroups 3.11?
Only the first networkable Windows!Give a man fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -
dynamik
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scheistermeister wrote:royal wrote:What's Windows for Workgroups 3.11?
Only the first networkable Windows!
You need to frequent the MS forums more. It's an ongoing joke
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=232487#232487 -
scheistermeister
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dynamik wrote:You need to frequent the MS forums more. It's an ongoing joke
http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=232487#232487
Gotcha, missed that one.Give a man fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -
binarysoul
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I think Bill Gates was the only tech answering support calls for Win 3.11. Now that he left, it makes sense support stops
Good old says
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JDMurray
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I wrote three books and a lot of code on Windows 3.x. Although I switched to Windows 95 at work, I used 3.11 at home until I finally got a copy of Windows 2000 Pro.
If I could find a copy of WfWG that installed from a CD I'd load it into VMWare right now just to wax nostalgic. -
scheistermeister
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JDMurray wrote:I wrote three books and a lot of code on Windows 3.x. Although I switched to Windows 95 at work, I used 3.11 at home until I finally got a copy of Windows 2000 Pro.
If I could find a copy of WfWG that installed from a CD I'd load it into VMWare right now just to wax nostalgic.
Why not load it from floppy images?Give a man fire and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. -
Slowhand
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What!?!? No more Windows for Workgroups 3.11? I'm not sure about upgrading, though. You sure that this "NT" stuff, as you call it, has been out long enough to be reliable? Oh, screw it. I'm switching to that Finnish OS I keep hearing about. . .
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Ahriakin
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We still have a couple of WFW machines running in our main plant. They control a couple of production machines with custom hardware and software. Everytime we get a call from down there I consider quitting We responded to the Year 2000 issue with "Y2K" solutions...isn't this the kind of thinking that got us into trouble in the first place? -
Sie
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Ah the good old days, where everything was nice and simple.....
Oh wait we are talking about WFW arnt we?
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Lee H
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My first PC was WFW, 8 meg of ram, 500 meg hard drive
And then came Win 95 with "Hover", how cool was that game, lol.
