Microsoft Windows

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Microsoft Windows
MSWindowsVista.png
Screenshot of Microsoft Windows Vista
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/
Developer: Microsoft Corporation
OS family: MS-DOS-based
Source model: Closed source
Latest stable release: Windows Vista / November 8, 2006
Supported platforms: x86, x86-64
Kernel type: Hybrid kernel
Default user interface: Graphical user interface (Aero)
License: MS-EULA
Working state: Current

Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in November 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUI), which was originated by the release of the first Macintosh in 1984. Microsoft Windows eventually came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking OS/2 and Mac OS which had been introduced earlier. As of 2004, Windows had approximately 90% of the client operating system market.[1]

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