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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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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