Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
(operating system)The 1996 market share of operating systems was:
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, 1992Windows 3.1, 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1, 1993Windows 3.11, 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11, 1993Windows NT 3.1, 1994 Windows NT 3.5, 1995 Windows 95,199? Windows NT 4, 1998 Windows 98, ? Windows NT 5.
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