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Microsoft Windows

World's most used desktop OS with 75% market share; Microsoft's flagship product since 1985

USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 1985 Software & OS

Key Facts

  1. 1

    Windows 1.0 released 1985; Windows 95 (1995) introduced the Start button and taskbar β€” sold 7M copies in 5 weeks

  2. 2

    75% desktop OS market share globally (2024); Windows 11 the current version

  3. 3

    Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) runs on Windows β€” 1.2 billion users; part of Microsoft's $3T company value

πŸ’‘ Did you know? Windows XP was so good that some hospitals and ATMs still ran it 20 years after its 2001 release

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA

Year / Era

1985

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World's most used desktop OS with 75% market share

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