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ReactOS ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system for amd64/i686 personal computers intended to be binary-compatible with computer programs and device drivers made for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Windows. ReactOS has been not ...
– an open-source OS intended to run the same software as Windows, originally designed to simulate Windows NT 4.0, now aiming at Windows 7 compatibility. It has been in the
development stage A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help impro ...
since 1996. * AtlasOS – Open Source Windows-like OS with the goal of reducing bloat.


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Wintel Wintel (portmanteau of Windows and Intel) is the partnership of Microsoft Windows and Intel producing personal computers using Intel x86-compatible processors running Microsoft Windows. Background By the early 1980s, the chaos and incompatibi ...


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External links

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Official Windows Blog

Microsoft Developer Network

Windows Developer Center

Microsoft Windows History Timeline

Pearson Education, InformIT
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Microsoft Business Software SolutionsWindows 10 release Information
{{Authority control 1985 software Computer-related introductions in 1985 Computing platforms Microsoft franchises Personal computers
Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for se ...
Operating system families Products introduced in 1985