"Windows provides unprecedented power to users today and a foundation for hardware and software advancements of the next few years."

That quote might be right at home in a press release for the upcoming Windows Vista. But it's actually Bill Gates trumpeting the release of Windows 1.0, way back on November 20, 1985.

So how did Microsoft celebrate the Big Day? Well, there hasn't been quite the blowout party that we expected. So far, there's been a mention of the Windows milestone (and much speechifying) as part of the company's 30th anniversary party in September.

And, curiously, Microsoft has chosen Japan for the bulk of its celebration so far. Reports circulated last week that Microsoft will launch a special edition of Windows XP in honor of Windows 20th anniversary that will include trinkets such as Windows box origami and a preview version of Vista.

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