Microsoft Windows

<operating system> A window system and user interface software released by Microsoft in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then.

The current (1996) market share of operating systems is:

 DOS/Windows	70%
  Windows 95	15%
  Windows NT	 2%
  Other		13%

The version history goes something like:

 1985 {Windows 1}
  1987 {Windows 2}
  1987 {Windows/386}
  1990 {Windows 3.0}
  1992 {Windows 3.1}
  1992 {Windows for Workgroups 3.1}
  1993 {Windows 3.11}
  1993 {Windows for Workgroups 3.11}
  1993 {Windows NT 3.1}
  1994 {Windows NT 3.5}
  1995 {Windows 95}
  199? {Windows NT 4}

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(06 Jul 1996)