Below, you can see the preview of the Windows History (click on the white zone to get a bigger image):

1980		1985		1990			1995			1999			2002			2004			2006		2008

If you want to print this timeline, you can download one of the following files:

Printer using A4 paper
Printer using Letter paper
Plotter			If you have some problem with the EPS file, look here.

Here is the ChangeLog of this history.

If you have put this diagram on the wall of your office and have taken a photo of it, please send me a copy and I'll put it on this page. ;-)

Note : I have now a page where I explain how I build this chart.

Some useful Windows links :

• Windows 2000 History.
• Windows History.
• MS-DOS History.
• Windows 1.01 by Olivier Schade.
• Windows Server 2003: The Road To Gold by Paul Thurrott.
• OS/2 Timeline 1987-1997 by Michal Necasek.
• Microsoft Codenames by Ralph Sester.
• List of Microsoft software codenames from Anwsers.com.
• The History of Microsoft Windows CE from HPC:Factor.
• Vista History from MSBetas.org.
• History of Microsoft Windows and MS-DOS (Miscellaneous) from TACKtech Corp.
• Which version of Windows Media Center am I running ? from Mark Salloway's Windows XP Resource Center

Some links :

• Non-Unix OS timeline by Patrick Mulvany.

My other links :

• Unix History.
• Computer Languages History.
• NeXT History (in french).
• Another Chart In The Wall.

Last update : july 12, 2008
Please send comment to Éric Lévénez
The address of this page is http://www.levenez.com/windows/.

You can freely use this diagram for non-commercial purpose.