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Graphical User Interface Timeline
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1990: Commodore releases Amiga Workbench 2
for the A3000.
Features: New 3d effects, a revised menu system and many other improvements.
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May 1990: Windows 3.0 released by Microsoft
Features: Program Manager shell.
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November: PC-GEOS released by GeoWorks.
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Spring of 1992: IBM releases OS/2 Version 2.0, a true 32-bit OS.
Features a new "Workplace Shell", an object oriented user interface
that is heavily integrated with the rest of the OS.
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March: Microsoft introduces Windows 3.1. The user interface is basically
the same as Windows 3.0 but now includes their "multimedia" enhancements.
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April: Quarterdeck Office Systems ships Desqview/X
Features:
Adds a Unix-like X "Server" to their existing text-based Desqview product.
Can run Windows 3.1 as an X client application.
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September: Amiga Workbench 3 released for AGA Amigas.
Features: Images for backgrounds, color pallet remapping.
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May 1993 Microsoft releases the first version
of Windows NT, their 32-bit OS. They give it the version number "3.1" and
use the same user interface they do for regular Windows 3.1. Made available
for Intel, Power PC, Alpha, and MIPS systems.
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1994: QNX Software Systems releases the first embeddable
microkernel windowing system, the Photon microGUI.
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1995: Microsoft introduces Windows 95 on August
24th.
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October: Be introduced BeOS at Agenda 96. The first version
was designed to run on a custom multiprocessor system known as the "BeBox".
Later made available for Power PC and Intel systems.
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