OLE 1.0 Release
Microsoft releases OLE 1.0 as part of Windows 3.0, allowing applications to embed or link documents and objects, primarily focusing on data transfer.
Significance
Though not based on COM, OLE 1.0 demonstrated the potential for compound documents and laid the conceptual groundwork for deeper integration, highlighting the need for a more robust underlying object model.
Key facts
- Date
- 1990-11-01
- Type
- release
- Location
- Redmond, Washington, USA