For several reasons, including the market success of Windows 3.0 in 1990, Microsoft decided to advance Windows rather than OS/2. Windows NT began as a rewrite of the OS/2 operating system, which Microsoft had co-developed with IBM in the 1980s. The name Windows NT ("New Technology") advertised that this was a re-engineered version of Windows.
Windows NT, however, was a complete, 32-bit operating system that retained a desktop environment familiar to Windows 3.1 users.īy extending the Windows brand and beginning Windows NT at version 3.1, Microsoft implied that consumers should expect a familiar user experience. Windows NT 3.1 is the first major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, released on July 27, 1993.Īt the time of Windows NT's release, Microsoft's Windows 3.1 desktop environment had established brand recognition and market share but Windows 3.1 relied on the DOS operating system for essential functions, and it had a constrictive 16-bit architecture.
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