Word: os
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Happily, the linking double-Os in the gilt banner provide a perfunctory nod to 80s extravagance. An ironic gesture? Not likely...
...recently announced support for Linux by major players like IBM has boosted confidence in the OS...
Sure, everyone's excited about the iMac, but Apple's comeback really rests on something called OS X, the next version of Apple's beloved operating system, which defines the look and feel of the Macintosh. When it ships this fall, OS X will revolutionize the way you use your Mac. For some, it won't be a moment too soon. MORE...
...computer sales are on a downward trend, and the home and small-office/home-office markets, both hailed as the next wave in computing, are stagnant. In addition, that wild and wacky Internet, with its open standards, could potentially topple Microsoft's apple cart, eliminating the need for a Microsoft OS on every desktop...
...tomorrow's computers--indeed, the way we live our very lives: voice and handwriting recognition. Banking and personal finance software. Real-time video and Internet television systems. Security and encryption programs. The Justice Department's view is that letting Microsoft integrate one new breakthrough after another into an OS that, at least for the foreseeable future, most of humanity will have little practical choice but to purchase will stifle innovation. It will leave no incentive for any new, and potentially better, competing products to enter the fray...