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Windows (operating system) (view source)
Revision as of 02:41, August 25, 2009
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'''Microsoft Windows''' is an [[operating system]] produced and maintained by [[Microsoft Corporation]]. It is estimated that as of December 2007 <ref>[http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp OS Statistics]. Refsnes Data. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.</ref> the Microsoft Windows family accounted for roughly 88% of operating system usage, with 73.4% belonging to the [[Windows XP]] family. Windows is used both as a desktop operating system and a [[server]]<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/default.mspx Windows Server 2003 R2 Home]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.</ref> operating system, and is intended for use with the [[Intel]] x86 family of processors.
'''Microsoft Windows''' is an [[operating system]] produced and maintained by [[Microsoft Corporation]]. It is estimated that as of December 2007 <ref>[http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp OS Statistics]. Refsnes Data. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.</ref> the Microsoft Windows family accounted for roughly 88% of operating system usage, with 73.4% belonging to the [[Windows XP]] family. Windows is used both as a desktop operating system and a [[server]]<ref>[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/default.mspx Windows Server 2003 R2 Home]. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 29 January, 2008.</ref> operating system, and is intended for use with the [[Intel]] x86 family of processors.
Windows is notoriously unreliable, despite (or maybe because of?) Microsoft's near-monopoly share of the operating system market. It crashes so often that the term "blue screen of death" has entered the vocabulary. See also this satire: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM&feature=related Matrix Runs on Windows XP]
Early versions of Windows (98 and earlier) were notoriously unreliable, despite (or maybe because of?) Microsoft's near-monopoly share of the operating system market. They crashed so often that the term "blue screen of death" entered the vocabulary. See also this satire: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM&feature=related Matrix Runs on Windows XP]
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