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Windows turns 35: a visual history

The Verge

Microsoft had already created its low-cost PC DOS operating system for IBM PCs, and was firmly positioned as a software company. Microsoft took the important step of focusing on apps and core software. PC manufacturers flocked to Windows, and the operating system attracted support from important software companies.

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Ready…Set…Start Your Containers

CIO Business Intelligence

Incompatibility and unreliability caused by configuration differences such as versions of compilers, loaders, runtime libraries, middleware, and operating systems in new environments contributed to increased project effort, cost, and timelines. Containers provide an elegant solution to this problem. in an isolated and executable unit.

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A new era for Windows: Can Microsoft’s longtime engine power another tech revolution?

GeekWire

A lot has changed since Windows debuted in 1985 as a graphical operating environment which runs on the Microsoft MS-DOS operating system. The center of gravity in software development has shifted to smartphones, the cloud, and the web. It was just a hint of the giant wave of third-party software to come.

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AI Dreams: Microsoft @ 50, Chapter 1

GeekWire

The clearest example comes from GitHub, the software development platform acquired by Microsoft in 2018. And now it’s starting to boil. GitHub Copilot, the AI coding companion, accounted for 40% of GitHub’s revenue growth last year, and is now a larger business on its own than all of GitHub was when Microsoft bought it.

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Strategic positioning in the flow economy: 3 action steps

Trends in the Living Networks

Lonely Planet launched CitySync in January 2000, providing in-depth guides to four US cities plus Sydney for mobile devices running the PalmOS operating system. The software and content, including interactive maps, can be downloaded on the Internet or purchased on CD-ROM or preinstalled modules.