< operating system > Microsoft 's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS . Widely criticised for being too slow (hence " Windoze ", " Microsloth Windows ") on the machines available then.
The 1996 market share of operating systems was:
DOS/Windows 70% Windows 95 15% Windows NT 2% Other 13%
[Current shares?]
The version history goes something like: 1985 Windows 1 , 1987 Windows 2 , 1987 Windows/386 , 1990 Windows 3.0 , 1992 Windows 3.1 , 1992 Windows for Workgroups 3.1 , 1993 Windows 3.11 , 1993 Windows for Workgroups 3.11 , 1993 Windows 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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(1998-10-15)