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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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