Timeline: HISTORY OS

Sep 17, 1956

GM-NAA I/O:

-BRAND: IBM (General Motors)
-PRICE: NO PRICE (TOO HIGH)
-DEVELOPER: Robert L. Patrick

Sep 17, 1961

MCP (Master Control Program):

BRAND:Burroughs Corporations
PRICE:
DEVELOPER: Burroughs Corporations

Sep 17, 1966

DOS/360:

developer: IMB INDUSTRIES
price:
brand: IBM

Sep 17, 1969

Unix:

BRAND: T&T Bell Labs
DEVELOPER:Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna.
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1977

BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution):

DEVELOPER: the University of California, Berkeley
PRICE:
BRAND: Unix from Bell Labs.

Sep 17, 1981

MS-DOS:

DEVELOPER: Microsoft for the IBM PC’s.
BRAND: Microsoft Windows
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1982

SunOS:

DEVELOPER: Sun Microsystems
BRAND: LINUX
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1984

Mac OS:

DEVELOPER: Apple Computer, Inc
BRAND: Macintosh home PC.
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1987

OS/2:

DEVELOPER: IBM and Microsoft.
BRAND: IBM and Microsoft.
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1991

Linux:

DEVELOPER: Linus Torvalds
BRAND: Unix variant
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1992

Sun Solaris:

DEVELOPER: Sun Microsystems
BRAND: linux
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1993

Windows NT:

DEVELOPER: Microsoft
BRAND: Microsoft office
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1995

Windows95:

developed:by Microsoft
price:
brand: by Microsoft

Sep 17, 1997

JavaOS:

DEVELOPER: Sun Microsystems
BRAND: java
PRICE:

Sep 17, 1998

Windows98:

developed: Microsoft
price:
brand: Microsoft windows

Sep 17, 1999

1999, MacOS X Server 1.0:

Developed by Apple Computer, Inc., MacOS X Server 1.0 was a precursor to Apple’s MacOS X desktop version, which replaced it in 2001. MacOS X Server 1.0 was developed for Apple’s popular Macintosh PC.

Sep 17, 2000

Windows 2000:

developed: MCROSOFT
PRICE:
BRAND: MICROSOFT WINDOWS

Sep 17, 2000

2000, Windows ME:

Developed by Microsoft, Windows ME (also called Windows Millenium) was a rather unsuccessful new version of Windows 98 and had a short shelf life. It was released just seven months after Windows 2000 and just a year before Windows XP.