The Better Idea

2005-07-27

Microsofts New Operating System

Brief History Of Windows"

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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 a graphical

interface (buttons) 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 that, 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.  Confused? -
Don't worry about it:-)



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 satisfied both the company and also the users.



It also spawned a new generation of confused and frustrated Newbies:-)



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 for 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 hackers. 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 of the older and much slower, 16-bit systems
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 optimizing Windows
2000 for personal use, and adding new features to support the multimedia
equipment by doing the last retouches on the general graphics of the Operating System
(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. Some say XP means Extra Profit
for ill Gates, others say it stands for Extra Pain:-) Most of the world is now using XP and
none of us can complain much after the security
updates and the release of the second service pack. In theory anyway:-)




At this point, Microsoft is working on their new product. Originally
called Longhorn, but now officially called Vista, they claim it is going
to be their most secure and efficient product, supplying the programmers
with improved capabilities to create functions and also offering a much
more secure wall of protection for network users.



Overall, Microsoft have 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.

One thing is for sure, regardless of
the many complaints made about Windows, Bill Gates opened up the world
of computing to the average guy - the Newbies of this world. Because
without Windows, the massive advantages that computers have made to our
world simply would not exist. In my humble opinion of course:-)

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Article supplied by Joe Robson who owns The Newbie Club, widely
recognized as the best and most Newbie-Friendly site on the Web. Free
membership and tutorials at
http://newbieclub.com 

2005-07-24

An article by Lois M. Jeary

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2005-07-12

They didn't give up.

They were behind 35 - 3 just seconds into the second half but they didn't give up.

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