Microsoft windows
let's not waste time by chatting about early versions of windows like Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, and Windows 2.1x .
Family tree of earlier versions
success for Microsoft came only when windows xp came into play. The name "XP" is short for "eXPerience" .How many of us know about that?? even i also came to know this when programming my blog!.Earlier versions of Microsoft said to be programmed by bill gates and even though "IT'S NOT TRUE" actually he initially worked below the leader ship of "STEVE JOBS" when working at apple he copied (stolen to say exactly) from the apple OS after the Apple Lisa.
The only operating system Microsoft has developed from scratch rather than purchasing something to base it on is OS/2 which they started developing for IBM. When MS split with IBM they both had rights to the operating system and MS renamed their version to avoid confusion and to try to cash in on the name of their graphical interface for DOS. Their OS/2 operating system is now on its seventh version.
The only operating system Microsoft has developed from scratch rather than purchasing something to base it on is OS/2 which they started developing for IBM. When MS split with IBM they both had rights to the operating system and MS renamed their version to avoid confusion and to try to cash in on the name of their graphical interface for DOS. Their OS/2 operating system is now on its seventh version.
