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	1962 Oct   Douglas Engelbart writes a proposal called “Augmenting Human Intellect: A conceptual framework” 1963   A Ph.D. thesis describing Sketchpad is defended by Ivan Sutherland 1968   Douglas Engelbart demoes oNLine System at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco 1970   Douglas Engelbart receives a patent for a computer mouse 1979 30 Jul   The Lisa project begins 1980   Psion Software is founded Mar   Lisa project changes directions, including many features from Xerox Alto 1981   Apollo Computer releases the DN100 workstation with a proprietary GUI QUNIX is released Xerox 8010 Star is released 1982 Nov   Visi On is demoed at COMDEX trade show 1983 19 Jan   Lisa Office System 1 is released   Lisa Office System 2 is released Oct   Visi On is released 10 Nov   Windows 1.0 is announced 1984   QNX 1.0 is released Lisa Office System 7/7 3 is released IRIX 1.0 is released 24 Jan   System 1 is released May   X Window System 1 is released 1985   NeXT, Inc. is founded MouseDesk/DeskTop is released GEM is released ViewPoint 1.0 is released TOS 1.0 is released 29 Apr   Macintosh XL (Lisa) is discontinued Sep   Workbench 1.0 is released 20 Oct   Windows 1.0 is released   X Window System 9 is released   X Window System 10 is released   IRIX 2.0 is released   IRIX 3.0 is released Jan   System 3 is released Mar   GEOS for Commodore is released 24 Mar   GEM/2 is released 1987   GS/OS is released QNX 2.0 is released ArthurOS is released Mar   System 4 is released 15 Sep   X Window System 11 is released 9 Dec   Windows 2.0 is released 1988   GEOS for Apple II is released GEM/3 is released GEM/5 is released Apr   AT&T announces OPEN LOOK Jun   System 6 is released 12 Oct   NeXTSTEP 0.8 is released 31 Oct   OS/2 1.10 is released 1989   OSF/Motif is released by Open Software Foundation NewWave 1.0 is released ViewPoint 2.0 is released Apr   OPEN LOOK 1.0 is released RISC OS 2 is released Sep   EPOC/16 (SIBO) is released 18 Sep   NeXTSTEP 1.0 is released Oct   OS/2 1.20 is released   NewWave 2.0 is released   Be, Inc. founded by Jean-Louis Gassée of Apple’s fame Workbench 2.0 is released OPEN LOOK 2.0 is released OPEN LOOK 3.0 is released GeoWorks is released QNX 4.0 is released NewWave 3.0 is released ViewMAX is released TOS 3.0 is released May   Apple spins off General Magic 22 May   Windows 3.0 is released 18 Sep   NeXTSTEP 2.0 is released 20 Sep   GlobalView 1.0 is released Dec   OS/2 1.30 is released 10 Dec   OPEN LOOK 4.0 is released 1991   IRIX 4.0 is released Mar   TOS 2.0 is released May   System 7 is released Sep   RISC OS 3 is released 1992   Workbench 3.0 is released NewWave 4.0 is released TOS 4.0 is released 22 Jan   PenPoint 1.0 is released Mar   OS/2 2 is released 6 Apr   Windows 3.1 is released May   Newton prototype is shown at Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago Sep   NeXTSTEP 3.0 is released   IRIX 5.0 is released   CDE 1.0 is released Packard Bell Navigator 1.0 is released 8 Feb   Magic Cap is announced 27 Jul   Windows NT 3.1 is released 3 Aug   Newton OS 1.0 is released 1994   Amiga OS 3.1 is released 10 Mar   Packard Bell Navigator 2.0 is released Apr   RISC OS 3.5 is released 21 Sep   Windows NT 3.5 is released 29 Sep   Magic Cap 1.0 is released Oct   OS/2 Warp 3 is released 1995   Packard Bell Navigator 3.0 is released Jan   System 7.5 is released 31 Mar   Bob is released 24 Aug   Windows 95 is released 30 Oct   Magic Cap 1.5 is released 4 Dec   Magic Cap for Windows is announced   IRIX 6.0 is released   Apple buys NeXT Software, Inc. in order to use NeXTSTEP as the foundation of its next Mac OS New Deal Office is released GlobalView 2.0 is released Newton OS 2.0 is released 22 Jul   OPENSTEP 4.0 is released 24 Aug   Windows NT 4.0 is released Sep   OS/2 Warp 4 is released 7 Oct   Magic Cap for Windows is released 14 Oct   KDE is announced Nov   Windows CE 1.0 is released   Magic Cap 2.0 is released   EPOC R1-R3 is released 12 Feb   Magic Cap 3.0 is released Jul   BeOS PR is released 22 Jul   Mac OS 8 is released Aug   GNOME is announced Sep   Rhapsody is released 29 Sep   Windows CE 2.0 is released 1998   Psion, Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola form Symbian EPOC R4 is released 27 Feb   Apple discontinues Newton OS and Newton devices Apr   BeOS R3 is released May   IRIX 6.5 is released 25 Jun   Windows 98 is released 12 Jul   KDE 1.0 is released Dec   BeOS R4 is released 1999   Amiga OS 3.5 is released EPOC R5 is released Mar   GNOME 1.0 is released 16 Mar   Mac OS X Server is released Jul   RISC OS 4 is released 23 Oct   Mac OS 9 is released 2000   A first mobile phone using Symbian OS is released (Ericsson R380) 18 Jan   BeOS R5 is released 7 Feb   BeIA is released 17 Feb   Windows 2000 is released 15 Jun   Windows CE 3.0 is released Sep   Symbian OS 6.0 is released 14 Sep   Windows Millennium Edition is released 23 Oct   KDE 2.0 is released 4 Dec   Amiga OS 3.9 is released 2001   Serenity Systems starts reselling OS/2, calling it eComStation QNX 6.0 is released 24 Mar   Mac OS X is released 10 Jul   eComStation 1.0 is released 25 Oct   Windows XP is released 2002   BreadBox Ensemble is released 7 Jan   Windows CE 4.0 is released 3 Apr   KDE 3.0 is released Jun   GNOME 2.0 is released 23 Aug   Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar is released 17 Sep   General Magic announces that it is ceasing operations 2003 Apr   Symbian OS 7.0 is released 18 Apr   eComStation 1.1 is released 24 Apr   Windows Server 2003 is released May   Windows Vista, the successor of Windows XP, is announced (under the code name Longhorn) 24 Oct   Mac OS X 10.3 Panther is released 2004 Feb   Symbian OS 8.0 is released Jul   Windows CE 5.0 is released 18 Dec   eComStation 1.2 is released 2005 29 Apr   Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is released 2006   Amiga OS 4.0 is to be released Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is to be released Windows CE 6.0 is to be released Symbian OS 9.0 is to be released 2007   Windows Vista is to be released
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