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'''Microsoft Windows''' is a family of operating systems developed by [[Microsoft]] since 1983. The latest release is Windows 10.
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=== Windows 9x ===
=== Windows 9x ===
These were the OSes named after a year in the 90s. Thefirst, Windows 95, which gave its massive success to Microsoft, practically monopolizing the market. This lead to a lawsuit in the late 90s/early 2000.
These were the OSes named after a year in the 90s. Thefirst, Windows 95, which gave its massive success to Microsoft, practically monopolizing the market. This lead to a lawsuit in the late 90s/early 2000.
== Windows in the 2000 ===
== Windows in the 2000 ==
=== The fusion of Professional and Consumer markets ===
=== The fusion of Professional and Consumer markets ===



Latest revision as of 17:17, 12 July 2019

Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft since 1983. The latest release is Windows 10.

Early Windows

The hype of 1983

In the early 80s, Microsoft gained popularity for its applications like Word for DOS. But Microsoft was working in something to compete against he Macintosh's friendly user interface. At COMDEX 1983 in November, Microsoft demonstrated a new upcoming product, "Microsoft Windows", running on a personal computer with monochrome graphics, and with various applications running alongside each other in "windows". They really hyped people about it, promising it as the software of the future that will be installed on every PC.

A hard market

After the hype of 1983, they release their product under the name of Windows. But it didn't get the success they expected, as it didn't satisfy the consumer's needs at all. Many people said that it ran slow, or that it used a lot of memory. But despite this, Windows found its place in the market, preparing to grow.

Getting shaped

After the excess of hype and a regular market success, Microsoft launched Windows 2 in 1987. This version got significant improvements over its predecessor. Examples of this are overlapping windows and Expanded Memory support.

Windows in the 90s

Popularity increases

After Windows 2, Microsoft decided to release a new version of Windows, Windows 3. This release gained popularity and was becoming a defacto standard on many PCs. Here's where Windows started to really grow.

Windows NT

After Microsoft broke its partnership with IBM, they began to develop their own OS. They initially called it NT OS/2, later just NT.

Windows 9x

These were the OSes named after a year in the 90s. Thefirst, Windows 95, which gave its massive success to Microsoft, practically monopolizing the market. This lead to a lawsuit in the late 90s/early 2000.

Windows in the 2000

The fusion of Professional and Consumer markets

Windows Codename "Longhorn"

Development reset in 2004

Windows NT 6.0-1

Windows after 7's release

The Windows version ahead of its time

New CEO, new Microsoft

The version of Windows that will fix everything, or will it?

Windows Insider

Windows nowadays

See Also