It is a paid and closed-source operating system. The first version was created November 20th, 1985.
The first OS, after IBM.
Everyone used it, but nobody knew much about it, or what really is underneath.
Employees: 151,163 (2019)
Total assets: US$286.55 billion (2019)
In an article based on a report by Symantec, internetnews.com has described Microsoft Windows as having the "fewest number of patches and the shortest average patch development time of the five operating systems it monitored in the last six months of 2006."
- Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Trends for July – December 2006"(PDF). Internet Security Threat Report Volume XI.
- Andy Patrizio (March 21, 2007). "Report Says Windows Gets The Fastest Repairs". InternetNews. QuinStreet.
Ink: a way to “read” your typing to help you find what you want to type
But really, it just reads what youre typing. Like a keylogger.
Windows is so big it couldn't use git and had to make its own, VFS.
Windows 11 is a privacy nightmare.
Windows 11 - The Good, The Bad and The Horrible