Microsoft’s most famous products are none other than Windows Operating System and Microsoft Office. Of course, in recent years they have been quite serious about expanding cloud services, and the annual growth rate is indeed quite impressive, but they have still lost to the cloud service giant Amazon.
I mentioned in this article “Microsoft Development overview Note” that I hope to record Microsoft’s products. Today’s operating system record was generated under such a situation.
Below, I will simply record.
Advantages of Windows market share
Simply put, the advantages of Windows are unshakable.
The following is an excerpt from the StatCounter website:
It can be seen that even if the Mobile Device market is included, Windows is still strong. You know, now is no better than in the past, now is the era when every middle school student has a smart phone!
Change the growth bar chart to make it clearer.
Of course, the data is not only mixed with Mobile. Just look at the personal computer (PC) alone to know how high the market share of Windows is:
82.96% !
1985-1992 First Generation
- The first version of Microsoft Windows (Windows 1.0) was launched in 1985, not a complete operating system, but an extension of MS-DOS.
- Windows 2.0 was launched in 1987, and earlier versions of Excel and Word already existed in the operating system.
- In 1990, Windows 3.0 was launched, which enabled the use of “virtual memory” and “Multi-tasking”, and officially enabled the VGA display card. Sales of 10 million sets in just one year have become Microsoft’s most important revenue.
- Windows NT 3.x (3.1, 3.5, 3.51) was launched in 1992, laying the foundation for the Win32 API in Windows 95 in the future.
To be honest, since I can remember, the computer I have used is Windows 98, and the “first-generation LOGO period” recorded above is fundamentally ancient to me.
1992-2001 Second Generation
- Launched Windows 95 in 1995 and successfully defeated the rival IBM’s OS/2 operating system.
- In 1996, Windows NT 4.0 was launched, which is the follow-up product of Windows NT 3.51. The core is the NT series, and the graphical interface is similar to Windows 95.
- In 1998, Windows 98 was launched. On the basis of Windows 95, Internet connection and network services shared by multiple computers were added.
- In 2000, Windows 2000 (a follow-up to the NT series, not 9x) was launched. The target customer group was to become a “server” and a “data center”. In the same year, Fu launched Windows ME as a follow-up product to Windows 9x.
- Windows XP was launched in 2001, combining the advantages of the NT series and the 9x series (the Kernel still uses NT 5.1). At this point, the Windows operating system began to spread and entered the “home customers” market.
But to be honest, before studying this, I never knew that Windows was divided into two different versions, 9x series and NT series!
2000-2012 Third Generation
- In 2003, Windows Server 2003 was released, which added security and server functions, and the version number was NT 5.2.
- Windows 2003 R2 was launched in 2005.
- Windows Home Server was launched in 2007. In the same year, Windows Vista was launched, the version number was NT 6.0.
- Windows Server 2008 was launched in 2008.
- Windows 7 was launched in 2009, and the version number is Windows NT 6.1.
- Windows 8 was launched in 2012, and the version number is Windows NT 6.2. Windows 8.1 was launched in 2013, which is an upgraded version of Windows 8.
It can be seen from this side that Microsoft has been fully committed to the development of the NT series-but Windows 8 still seems to be the most miserable generation. In addition, I used the entire university for Windows 8.1 and later upgraded to Windows 10. It is reasonable to think that Windows 8.x is not as good as the later versions.
2013-to date Fourth Generation
- Windows 10 was launched in 2015.
- Windows Server 2016 was launched in 2016.
To be honest, I think this LOGO is not good-looking.
The above picture is excerpted from Wiki, and it is the best picture I have seen so far to organize the timeline. It can only be said that Windows has experienced ups and downs along the way. The number one market share of course has the fortune of the times, but the efforts of everyone at Microsoft are also indispensable.
By the way, I am a Linux fan.