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  2. Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. ... Windows Vista was "a huge evolution in the history of the NT platform ...

  3. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The early development stages of Longhorn were generally characterized by incremental improvements and updates to Windows XP.During this period, Microsoft was fairly quiet about what was being worked on, as their marketing and public relations focus were more strongly focused on Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, which was released in April 2003.

  4. List of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Timeline showing releases of Windows for personal computers and servers. Microsoft Windows is a computer operating system developed by Microsoft.It was first launched in 1985 as a graphical operating system built on MS-DOS.

  5. Microsoft Windows version history - Wikipedia

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    Windows 1.0, the first independent version of Microsoft Windows, released on November 20, 1985, achieved little popularity. The project was briefly codenamed "Interface Manager" before the windowing system was implemented—contrary to popular belief that it was the original name for Windows and Rowland Hanson, the head of marketing at Microsoft, convinced the company that the name Windows ...

  6. Windows Vista editions - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista Starter is licensed to run only on PCs with AMD's Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron and Geode processors, Intel's Celeron, Pentium III processors, and certain models of Pentium 4. Windows Vista Starter can be installed from optical media including those belonging to other editions of the operating system. [16]

  7. Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions - Wikipedia

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    Windows Embedded Compact (Windows CE) is a discontinued variation of Microsoft's Windows operating system for minimalistic computers and embedded systems. Windows CE was a distinctly different kernel, rather than a trimmed-down version of desktop Windows. It is supported on Intel x86 and is compatible on MIPS, ARM, and Hitachi SuperH processors.

  8. This day in buyout history: Vista teams with Vivek on ... - AOL

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    For one such example, we turn to a software provider that's now well into adulthood—and one that entered private equity ownership four years ago today. Led by founder Vivek Ranadivé (today the ...

  9. List of Microsoft operating systems - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista: 2007-01-30 Windows Home Server: 2007-11-04 Windows Server 2008: 2008-02-27 Windows Small Business Server 2008: 2008-08-21 Windows Embedded Standard 2009: 2008-12-14 Windows Embedded POSReady 2009: Windows 7: 2009-10-22 Windows Server 2008 R2: Windows Server 2012: 2012-09-04 Windows 8: 2012-10-26 Windows 8.1: 2013-10-17 Windows ...