It's about to be #patchtuesday but this one is bittersweet. This month will be my last patching my own personal #windows installations. With the upcoming end to #windows10 support, I'm migrating to #linux .

This month marks the end of my continuous personal Windows use dating back to #windows3 in 1990, 35 years ago. I went to work at #microsoft just as #windowsforworkgroups 3.11 went into beta in 1993. Through a very random set of circumstances, I gave the first press demo of #windows95, to the tech reporter for the #houstonchronicle . Years later, I managed a wonderful team for #windows7 security assurance, and I couldn't be prouder of what we accomplished.

My relationship with Windows runs deep, to say the least. But the time has come for that relationship to end. I will migrate my main computer in about a week.

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To all my zero followers: I make 90s software things, and my first release is a modern dock/taskbar for Windows 3.11. It's called Iconic App Switcher. Published at https://archive.org/details/iconic_v01

#vintagesoftware #16bit #windows311 #windowsforworkgroups #90scomputing #softwaredevelopment