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Microsoft and History of Windows
"CHICAGO (CNN) -- Microsoft chairman Bill Gates tried to
demonstrate his company's latest product Monday, but the product
-- Windows 98 -- didn't cooperate. Gates was demonstrating the
newest version of Microsoft's Windows operating system when it
crashed during his presentation at the Comdex Spring 1998
Convention. The software is supposed make computers simpler to
use." April 20, 1998 -Retrieved from
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9804/20/gates.comdex/
The news excerpt above is familiar to most of you especially if
you have been dealing with computers for sometime. Bill Gates,
departing from IBM which had built the most commonly used
"Operating System" DOS, decided that users needed graphical
interface to improve the usability of the systems. It was going
to increase the computer "literacy" ratio and also the sales. So
there started his journey with the mythical Windows 1.0 and went
on with success and sometimes failures until the most stable
product of Microsoft: Windows XP. Now all users are waiting for
the 64 bit supported Longhorn.
The first graphical interface operating system was Windows 1.0
which was released in 1985. It gave great advantages to users
including the use of the cursor and the pointing devices.
Before, users had to type the commands in the DOS environment.
With this improvement, they could simply click on a program and
use several different programs at the same time. The next
versions of Windows, namely 2.x and 3.1 were slightly improved
using the advantages of the improved processors of Intel (286
and 386). The programmers started talking about extended memory
and also about Windows software development kit (SDK) which
caused the new releases of Windows to be much more popular. By
then everybody was programming Windows based programs and users
did not have any other choice but use Windows to access these
programs.
The next innovative add-on to this system was the networking
support. A superset of Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11
added peer-to-peer workgroup and domain networking support. For
the first time, Windows-based PCs were network-aware and became
an integral part of the emerging client/server computing
evolution.
Then came the great New Technology of Microsoft: Windows NT. It
was the completion of a 10 year project and a completely new
operating system which was built from scratch. The most
distinguishing aspect of this system was that unlike other
windows products, this operating system was 32-bit. It offered
solutions for high-end users and also for personal purposes. The
following NT versions came with higher security updates for the
networks and powerful program support.
In parallel to the developing NT products, Microsoft released
also the successors of MS-DOS and Win 3.x products: Windows 95
and 98. These were also 32-bit operating systems which were
optimized for multi-media users. Especially, the later
versions
of 98, with the Direct X, internet features, high hardware
capabilities, met the requirements of most of the users. The
crash of Windows 98 on TV in front of Bill Gates was already
forgotten and the sales of Windows 98 - Service Pack 2 satisfy
both the company and also the users. However, the issue of
monopolization came up again with the integrated internet
browser of Windows 95 and 98. Most people claimed and argued
that this integration was an attempt to monopolize the internet
and it was against the antitrust rules: "Antitrust laws prevent
monopolies from tying two products together to force customers
to take one product when buying another."
Year 2000 was the year of both satisfaction and disappointment.
For the new millennium, Microsoft released two products: ME and
2000. Millennium Edition was a total disaster from the point of
users. It was much less stable than 98 and it was creating so
many problems with different hardware installations. The
security bugs caused a lot of home users to lose their data and
open the doors for viruses and crackers. On the other hand, with
the applied technology of NT and improved capabilities Windows
2000 was a great solution for professional users. Its stability
reminded many of the users the older and much slower, 16-bit OSs
of Microsoft.
Seeing the great success of the new NT based operating system
(Windows 2000 professional) and the great disappointment with
ME, Microsoft decided to unify the business world with consumers
by means of optimizing Windows 2000 for personal use, adding new
features to support the multimedia equipment. By doing the last
retouches on the general graphics of the OS, Microsoft released
its most popular OS in two different editions: XP Home and XP
Professional. The "XP" in Windows XP stands for "experience,"
symbolizing the innovative experiences that Windows can offer to
personal computer users. You and most of the world are now using
XP and none of us can complain much after the security updates
and the release of the second service pack.
At this point, Microsoft is working on their new product called
Longhorn. They claim, it is going to be their most secure and
efficient product, supplying the programmers with improved
capabilities to create functions and also serving a much more
concrete wall of protection for network users.
Overall, Microsoft has been doing their job for over two decades
and extending their experience about the operating systems,
creating better products with "less" bugs or security holes. One
can say that Bill Gates was the biggest loss a company like IBM
could ever have.
About the author:
Jay is the web owner of http://www.dsl-in.com DSL, a website that provides
information and resources on DSL, DSL Service, and DSL Service
Providers. You can visit his website at: DSL Service
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