# Windows 3.0

I find it interesting how Windows 3.1 eclipsed 3.0.

While 3.1 in 1992 was a major upgrade with a saturated colour scheme, WAV & MIDI
sound, and TrueType fonts—having clock.exe change from its 8-segment display—3.0
was the one that brought a major UI overhaul two years prior.

![Windows 3.0](/bits/windows-3-0/windows-3.0.png) Windows 3.0 with its Control
Panel and `clock.exe` displaying a 8-segment digital display—before using
TrueType fonts in Windows 3.1).

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Despite everything Windows 3.1 brought, winver.exe reports it as “3.10.” As if
the “.1” was a fraction—not a minor version—a 3% bonus on top of 3.0, the last
part Microsoft was working on, not ready to distribute. Maybe it was a marketing
decision like 4.0 being Windows 9.5?

![Windows 3.1](/bits/windows-3-0/windows-3.1.png) Windows 3.1 with `winver.exe`
reporting the version as `3.10`.