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Saturday, April 05, 2008

History of computing

A history of computer operating systems I studied with release dates.


  1. Windows 7 - 2010 - scheduled release
  2. Windows Server 2008 - February 27, 2008
  3. Windows Vista - November 30, 2006
  4. Windows XP - October 2001 - xp lite extended to 2010? windows news.blogs techtarget.com
  5. Windows 2000 - February 2000
  6. Windows Me - September 2000
  7. Windows 98 - June 25, 1998,
  8. Windows NT 4.0 -July 29, 1996 info
  9. Windows 95 - August 24 1995 -
  10. Windows NT 3.1 - June 1992
  11. Windows 3.0 - May 22, 1990 Introduction to Microsoft Windows and it's History
  12. OS/2 1.0 -April 1987
  13. Mac OS - 1984
  14. Apple Lisa - 1983
  15. MS-DOS & PC-DOS- 1981 - 2000
  16. CP/M or GEOS -1977
  17. Apple DOS - June 1978
  18. IBM DOS/360 - 1970

Timeline of computing 1990–present
Timeline_of_computing_1980-1989
History of computing devices 500 BC-1979

History of Spreadsheets

  1. Excel 2007 (included in Office 2007) - 2007
  2. Excel 2003 (included in Office 2003) - 2003
  3. Excel 2002 (included in Office XP) - 2001
  4. Excel 2000 (included in Office 2000) - 1999
  5. Excel 97 (included in Office 97) - 1997
  6. Excel 95 (included in Office 95) - 1995
  7. Excel 5.0 - December 14, 1993
  8. Excel 4.0 - April 1, 1992
  9. Excel 3.0 - September 12, 1990
  10. Excel 2.0 - October 31, 1987
  11. Excel 1.0 - 1985-1988 - XLS
  12. Lotus 123 - 1983 - WK1 WK3 WK4
  13. Visicalc - 1979-1985
  14. Multiplan - 1982
History of word processors

  1. Word 2008
  2. Word 2007
  3. Word 2004
  4. Word 2003
  5. Word 2002/XP
  6. Word 2001/Word X
  7. Word 2000
  8. Word 98
  9. Word 97
  10. Word 1990 to 1995
  11. Word 1981 to 1989
  12. Word Perfect
  13. XyWrite
  14. Wordstar - 1978

"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future".
Sci-Fi writer Robert A. Heinlein