by SciLor
Table of contents
Introduction ............................................................................................... - 4 -
Microsoft .................................................................................................... - 5 -
Bill Gates .................................................................................................................... - 6 -
Biography ..................................................................................................................- 6 -
Microsoft operation systems .................................................................................... - 8 -
MS-DOS (1981-2000) .................................................................................................- 8 -
Windows 1.0x (1985) .................................................................................................- 8 -
Windows 2.xx (1987)..................................................................................................- 9 -
Windows 3.0 (1990) ................................................................................................. - 10 -
Windows 3.1x (1992) ............................................................................................... - 10 -
Windows 95/95A (1995/1996) .................................................................................. - 11 -
Windows 95B/C (1996/1997).................................................................................... - 12 -
Windows 98/98SE (1998/1999) ................................................................................ - 12 -
Windows Millennium Edition [ME] (2000) ................................................................. - 12 -
Windows XP (2001) .................................................................................................. - 13 -
Windows Vista (2007) .............................................................................................. - 14 -
Apple........................................................................................................ - 15 -
Steven Paul Jobs ...................................................................................................... - 16 -
Biography ................................................................................................................ - 16 -
Apple/NeXT operation systems ............................................................................... - 18 -
Apple DOS 3.x (1978-1983) ....................................................................................... - 18 -
Apple ProDOS (1984) ............................................................................................... - 18 -
System 1.0/1.1 (1984) .............................................................................................. - 18 -
System 2.x (1985) .................................................................................................... - 19 -
System 3.x (1986/1987) ........................................................................................... - 20 -
System 4.x/5.x (1987)............................................................................................... - 20 -
NeXTStep [not Apple] (1989) .................................................................................... - 21 -
Mac OS System 7.x (1991-1997)................................................................................ - 21 -
Mac OS 8.x (1997) .................................................................................................... - 22 -
Mac OS 9 (1999) ...................................................................................................... - 22 -
Mac OS X 10.x (2001-) .............................................................................................. - 23 -
Conclusion ................................................................................................ - 24 -
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Timeline ................................................................................................... - 26 -
Bibliography ............................................................................................. - 27 -
Images: .................................................................................................................... - 27 -
Title/Preface:........................................................................................................... - 27 -
Bill Gates ................................................................................................................. - 27 -
Steve Jobs ............................................................................................................... - 28 -
Websites .................................................................................................................. - 29 -
Bill Gates ................................................................................................................. - 29 -
Steve Jobs ............................................................................................................... - 31 -
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Websites
Bill Gates
1.
MSFT: Profile for Microsoft Corporation - Yahoo! Finance (Quote Microsoft)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=MSFT
[Access on March 10
th
, 2009]
2.
Bill Gates Microsoft Press Biography
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/bio.mspx
[Access on January 1
st
, 2009]
3.
Bill Gates - Biografie WHO'S WHO
http://www.whoswho.de/templ/te_bio.php?PID=122&RID=1
[Access on January 26
th
, 2009]
4.
Windows Übersicht
http://www.winhistory.de/more/windows.htm
[Access on March 10
th
, 2009]
5.
MS-DOS
http://www.winhistory.de/more/msdos.htm
[Access on February 14
th
, 2009]
6.
Windows 1.0x
http://www.winhistory.de/more/win1.htm#win104
[Access on February 14
th
, 2009]
7.
Windows 2.xx
http://www.winhistory.de/more/win2.htm#win211
[Access on February 14
th
, 2009]
8.
Windows 3
http://www.winhistory.de/more/win3.htm
[Access on February 14
th
, 2009]
9.
Windows 3.1x
http://www.winhistory.de/more/win31.htm
[Access on February 14
th
, 2009]
