About the Book
Source: Wikia. Pages: 116. Chapters: Cairo, ClearType, Criticism of Microsoft Windows, Development of Windows 7, Development of Windows Vista, Distributed Transaction Coordinator, European Union Microsoft antitrust case, Graphics Device Interface, History of Microsoft Windows, Registry, Start Menu, Stop Error, Taskbar, Taskbar clock replacements, Technical features new to Windows Vista, Video for Windows, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 2000, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1x, Windows 8, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 9x, Windows API, Windows CE, Windows Components, Windows DVD Maker, Windows Driver Foundation, Windows Driver Model, Windows Explorer, Windows Genuine Advantage, Windows HPC Server 2008, Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Windows Home Server, Windows Me, Windows Media, Windows Media Encoder, Windows Media Station, Windows Metafile, Windows Mobile, Windows NT, Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 3.5, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Odyssey, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2007, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Setup, Windows Shell, Windows Versions, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Mode, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Excerpt: Cairo was the code name for a project at Microsoft from 1991 to 1996 (Cairo was the codename of Windows NT 4.0). Its charter was to build technologies for a next generation operating system that would fulfill Bill Gates' vision of "information at your fingertips." Cairo never shipped, although portions of its technologies have since appeared in other products. Cairo was announced at the 1991 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference by Jim Allchin. It was demonstrated publicly (including a demo system for all attendees to use) at the 1993 Cairo/Win95 PDC. Microsoft changed stance on Cairo several times, sometimes calling it a product, other times referring to it as a collection of technologies. Bill Gates even attempted on one oc...
