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The Microsoft line of Operating Systems has been around since the beginning of the personal computer and is considered to be one of the earliest forms of user-friendly operating systems around. It allowed non-technical people and even kids to learn how to use them without being a programmer as opposed to the command line interface most older generations of pc’s had. The first inn ovations of GUI or Graphics User Interface or the use of graphics icons to signify the many parts of the computer began with the early days of Apple when Jobbs was handling all the marketing of the first prototypes as well as the first generation of the Mac.
Windows has captivated the market, though Apple still has the Mac line of desktop computers that was generally better than any PC you could buy, however high-end people stuck with cheaper PC’s that can be mixed and matched. Those were the days when floppy’s and Cd’s were king and just about anybody could install a copy of the now proprietary Windows operating system from bootleg copies all over the place. Then Microsoft began to notice that they were losing profits from these bootlegs and tried to initiate copy control programs that utterly failed to curb the problem much like the piracy seen in DVD’s and Music CD’s today.
Not so long ago, we had the infamous WGA which first tried to make it’s entry unannounced, quickly noticed and criticized by the growing mob of angry computer users who hated Microsoft for their Capitalist ways. It was deemed illegal and an invasion of privacy so the company made it known, asking permission before it made entry to subsequent installations of the Windows operating system. Then came the browser wars, and again Microsoft faced challenge from the many budding browsers that were making their way into the computing industry saying that Microsoft was engaging in anti-competitive activities, bundling their Internet Explorer that stopped other browsers from working from within the Windows platform.
Microsoft has had a long and illustrious history with the rise and fall of many of it’s products that used to grace almost all computer screens the world over. Today, you get the nagging reminder known as WGA telling you you have a bootleg copy of the OS, and that you need to purchase a legitimate copy to continue using the system without impediment. Some say it causes crashes after sometime, Microsoft says it does no such thing and merely reminds people to get legitimate copies of the operating system (who do you beleive?). Whatever people decide to do when the new and seemingly improved Windows 7 makes it’s entry is anybody’s guess. Just hope it meets all expectations and does take the throne from windows XP, still the king of the OS’s the world over.