1995 Software: Mysql, Windows 95, Mirc, Microsoft Plus!, Internet Explorer 2, Windows Nt 3.51, Omniweb, Winrar, Microsoft Office 95, Cyberjack

Chapters: Mysql, Windows 95, Mirc, Microsoft Plus!, Internet Explorer 2, Windows Nt 3.51, Omniweb, Winrar, Microsoft Office 95, Cyberjack, Stardraw, Internet Explorer 1, Grail, Cartopedia, Webrouser. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 79. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating environment. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products. During development it was referred to as Windows 4.0 or by the internal codename Chicago. Windows 95 was intended to integrate Microsoft's formerly separate MS-DOS and Windows products, however it is still considered an operating environment that sits over the DOS operating system. It features significant improvements over its predecessor, Windows 3.1, most notably in the graphical user interface (GUI) and in its simplified plug-n-play features. There were also major changes made at lower levels of the operating system. In the marketplace, Windows 95 was a major success, and within a year or two of its release had become the most successful operating system ever produced. It also had the effect of driving other major players in the DOS-compatible operating system market out of business, something which would later be used in court against Microsoft. Some three years after introduction, Windows 95 was succeeded by Windows 98. The initial design and planning of Windows 95 can be traced back to around May 1992, just after the release of Windows 3.1. At this time Windows for Workgroups 3.1 and Windows NT 3.1 were still in development and Microsoft's plan for the future was focused on Cairo. Cairo would be Microsoft's next-generation operating system based on Windows NT and featuring a new user interface and...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=34064