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apple introduces apple DOS 3.1
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apple introduces system 1
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Microsoft released the first retail version of Windows to stores in 1985, marking the company's tenth year in business.
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Apple introduces system 2
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Apple introduces system 3
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Windows 2.0, a 16-bit operating system, was designed to run on the Intel 286 processor, which was cutting-edge hardware technology at the time. The new processor allowed a desktop computer to have an expanded memory, so that people could run overlapping windows on the screen – something not possible in the first version of Windows. Windows 2.0 also ran the first (and rather primitive) version of Microsoft Word. Gallery created by CBCNews.ca.
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Version 1 of the GNU General Public License (GPL) is released.
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"Our vision is that there will be a personal computer on every desktop and it’ll be the key tool for the information age," said Bill Gates when Windows 3.0 was released.
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Version 2 of the GNU General Public License (GPL) is released.
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Robert Blum posts the first Linux FAQ
