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OPERATING SYSTEMS

The History of

1950sThe first operating systems were implemented for IBM 701 by The general Motors Research Labora-tories

The early operating system - GM-NAA I/O- was developed by Robert L. Patrick of General Motors for use on their IBM 704 mainframe

1956

1984Mac OS was developed by Apple Computer, Inc for their new prod-uct, the Macintosh home PC. Mac OS was the first OS with a GUI built-in

Microsoft released Microsoft Windows, which popularized the Operating System even more. Microsoft Windows allowed users a graphical user interface (GUI), which rapidly spread Microsoft’s product

1985

1981MS-DOS was developed by Micro-soft for the IBM PC’s. It was the first widely available Operating Systems for home users

Unix was developed by AT&T Bell Labs programmers It gained wide-spread acceptance first within the large AT&T company, and later by colleges and universities.

1969

The early operating systems were developed for IBM mainframes

1993Windows NT was developed by Microsoft as a high-end server Operating System, the NT code became the basis for Operating Systems to this day

is the most popular desktopcomputer operating system,according to the 2017 Stat-Counter Global Stats report

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Linux was developed by Linus Tor-valds as a free Unix variant. Linux today is a very largely contributed Open Source project that plays a very prominent role in today’s server industry

1991

WHY DID MICROSOFT BECOME THE OS INDUSTRY LEADER ?

Cost less

Better applications

Embraced by many enterprises early

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Sources:https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001777.htmV

https://www.sutori.com/story/the-history-of-operating-systems-235d

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-apple-really-lost-its-lead-in-the-80s-2012-12

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