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Also didn't Windows actually start gaining the majority share only after 95 release, I am not sure about it though.
by mnazim 14y ago
Also didn't Windows actually start gaining the majority share only after 95 release, I am not sure about it though.
- DanBC 14y agoMajority share of what? MS Dos was popular on many desktops. CP/M was used on some weird systems (especially word processing); other forms of dos (PC dos, dr dos) were available but not nearly as popular as MS Dos. ("Dodgy" licensing deals were available then.) Windows 3.1 was very popular version of Windows. Windows for workgroups introduced some 32bit kludges. Since these are not operating systems I guess they don't count. But what was competing with them? GEM? Some Norton commander thing?
- rbanffy 14y ago3.1 was very popular at that time. Macs were also more common, although their popularity was eroding. If you wanted Unix you'd probably run it on a 680x0 or RISC box. We all thought RISC would be the future. Linux started in the 386 era. By then, Microsoft owned the PC space. CP/M was a distant memory.