“40 Years Since Windows 1.0 — and We’re Still Opening New Windows” On this day in 1983, Microsoft introduced Windows 1.0 — a revolutionary step beyond the command line. It wasn’t flashy: 16-bit graphics, tiled windows, and a mouse people didn’t quite know how to use yet. But it marked a fundamental shift — from code to interface, from commands to clicks, from control to accessibility. Fast-forward 40 years and we’re at another interface revolution — AI as the new GUI. We no longer open programs,

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