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Amiga OS
Amiga OS
Apollo
Apollo
Apple II
Apple II
BeOS
BeOS
Bob
Bob
Common Desktop Environment
Common Desktop Environment
GEM
GEM
GEOS/GeoWorks
GEOS/
GeoWorks
GNOME
GNOME
IRIX
IRIX
KDE
KDE
Lisa Office System
Lisa Office System
Mac OS
Mac OS
Magic Cap
Magic Cap
Newton OS
Newton OS
NewWave
NewWave
NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Rhapsody
NeXTSTEP/
OPENSTEP/
Rhapsody
OPEN LOOK
OPEN LOOK
OS/2
OS/2
Packard Bell Navigator
Packard Bell Navigator
PenPoint
PenPoint
QNX
QNX
RISC OS
RISC OS
Symbian OS/EPOC
Symbian OS/
EPOC
The X Window System
The X Window System
TOS
TOS
Visi On
Visi On
Windows
Windows
Windows CE/Mobile
Windows CE/
Mobile
Xerox Star/ViewPoint/GlobalView
Xerox Star/
ViewPoint/
GlobalView
 
 
1981 Xerox 8010 Star
 1981
1982  1982
1983 Lisa Office System 1
19 Jan

Lisa Office System 2
19 May
Visi On
Oct
 1983
1984 IRIX 1.0
Lisa Office System 7/7 3
System 1
24 Jan
X Window System 1
May
 1984
1985 Workbench 1.0
Sep
GEM
IRIX 2.0
X Window System 9
19

X Window System 10
19
TOS 1.0
Windows 1.0
20 Oct
ViewPoint 1.0
 1985
1986 MouseDesk 2.0


DeskTop 1.1
26 Nov
GEM/2
24 Mar
GEOS for C64
Mar
IRIX 3.0
System 3
Jan
 1986
1987 GS/OS 2.0
May

GS/OS 3.1
Dec
GEOS for C128
System 4
Mar
ArthurOS
X Window System 11
15 Sep
Windows 2.0
9 Dec
 1987
1988 GS/OS 3.2
Jul

GS/OS 4.0
Sep
GEM/3


GEM/5
GEOS 2 for C64


GEOS 2.1 for Apple II
System 6
Jun
NeXTSTEP 0.8
12 Oct
OS/2 1.10
31 Oct
 1988
1989 GS/OS 5.0
May

GS/OS 5.0.2
Dec
GEOS 2 for C128
NewWave 1.0


NewWave 2.0
NeXTSTEP 1.0
18 Sep
OPEN LOOK 1.0
Apr
OS/2 1.20
Oct
RISC OS 2
Apr
EPOC/16 (SIBO)
Sep
ViewPoint 2.0
 1989
 
 
1990 Workbench 2.0
GS/OS 5.0.3
Dec
ViewMAX
OS/90


GeoWorks Ensemble 1.0
Oct
NewWave 3.0
NeXTSTEP 2.0
18 Sep
OPEN LOOK 2.0


OPEN LOOK 3.0


OPEN LOOK 4.0
10 Dec
OS/2 1.30
Dec
QNX 4.0
TOS 3.0
Windows 3.0
22 May
GlobalView 1.0
20 Sep
 1990
1991 GS/OS 5.0.4
Feb
GeoWorks Ensemble 1.2
IRIX 4.0
System 7
May
RISC OS 3
Sep
TOS 2.0
Mar
 1991
1992 Workbench 3.0
GS/OS 6.0
Mar
GeoWorks Pro
IRIX 5.0
NewWave 4.0
NeXTSTEP 3.0
Sep
OS/2 2
Mar
PenPoint 1.0
22 Jan
TOS 4.0
Windows 3.1
6 Apr
 1992
1993 GS/OS 6.0.1
CDE 1.0
GeoWorks Ensemble 2.0


Geopublish 2.0
Newton OS 1.0
3 Aug
Packard Bell Navigator 1.0
Windows NT 3.1
27 Jul
 1993
1994 Amiga OS 3.1
Geoworks Ensemble 2.01
Magic Cap 1.0
29 Sep
OS/2 Warp 3
Oct
Packard Bell Navigator 2.0
10 Mar
RISC OS 3.5
Apr
Windows NT 3.5
21 Sep
 1994
1995 Bob
31 Mar
IRIX 6.0
System 7.5
Jan
Magic Cap 1.5
30 Oct
Packard Bell Navigator 3.0
Windows 95
24 Aug
 1995
1996 NewDeal Office 2.5


NewDeal Publish 2.5
Magic Cap 2.0


Magic Cap for Windows
7 Oct
Newton OS 2.0
OPENSTEP 4.0
22 Jul
OS/2 Warp 4
Sep
Windows NT 4.0
24 Aug
Windows CE 1.0
Nov
GlobalView 2.0
 1996
1997 BeOS PR
Jul
NewDeal Office 97
Mac OS 8
22 Jul
Magic Cap 3.0
12 Feb
Rhapsody
Sep
EPOC R1-R3
Windows CE 2.0
29 Sep
 1997
1998 BeOS R3
Apr

BeOS R4
Dec
NewDeal Office 98
IRIX 6.5
May
KDE 1.0
12 Jul
EPOC R4
Windows 98
25 Jun
 1998
1999 Amiga OS 3.5
NewDeal Office 3
Jan

NewDeal Office 3 Eval.
Jan
GNOME 1.0
Mar
Mac OS X Server
16 Mar

Mac OS 9
23 Oct
RISC OS 4
Jul
EPOC R5
 1999
 
 
2000 Amiga OS 3.9
4 Dec
BeOS R5
18 Jan

BeIA
7 Feb
NewDeal Office 3.2
Jan
KDE 2.0
23 Oct
Symbian OS 6.0
Sep
Windows 2000
17 Feb

Windows Millennium Edition
14 Sep
Windows CE 3.0
15 Jun
 2000
2001 NewDeal Office 2000
Mac OS X
24 Mar
eComStation 1.0
10 Jul
QNX 6.0
Windows XP
25 Oct
 2001
2002 BreadBox Ensemble


BreadBox Ensemble Lite
GNOME 2.0
Jun
KDE 3.0
3 Apr
Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
23 Aug
Windows CE 4.0
7 Jan
 2002
2003 Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
24 Oct
eComStation 1.1
18 Apr
Symbian OS 7.0
Apr
Windows Server 2003
24 Apr
 2003
2004 eComStation 1.2
18 Dec
Symbian OS 8.0
Feb
Windows CE 5.0
Jul
 2004
2005 Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
29 Apr
 2005
2006 Amiga OS 4.0

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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

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Symbian OS 9.0

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Windows CE 6.0

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 2006
2007 Windows Vista

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 2007
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