Microsoft Windows. A brief history.

Nowadays you can see computers everywhere and seems that the people have been using them for ages. However, the early beginning of the computers is setted on 1982 more or less. This post is related to Windows, the most used computer system: Windows, whose creator, Bill Gates, developed in his own garage and later became him in the wealthiest person all over the world. The beginning of the computers and its developing has been very closely related with the information society since their beginning.

The early sustems: Windows 1.0 and Windows 2.0 were not very extended. Later created systems were more accepted and Windows 3.0 and 3.1 went into some homes.  After those Windows 95 which was released three times until 1998 when they relased Windows 2000 which allowed the user to set the computer’s settings back to an earlier date.  Their first attempt, Windows 2000, failed to meet their goals, and was released as a business system. The home consumer edition of Windows 2000, codenamed “Windows Neptune”, ceased development and Microsoft released Windows Me in its place.Microsoft left little time for Windows Me become popular before announcing their next version of Windows which would be called XP. Windows XP has two versions Home Edition and Professional, however, both of them were used at home. There were just few little differences between them.

The latest version, Windows Vista is not very popular, how ever, when Bill Gates left Microsoft this summer he took with him Windows XP so now there is no possibility of buy it legally, that made that Windows Vista increasing his sales.

Latest Windows version logo

References

• Microsoft Windows. (2009, January 21). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22:12, January 24, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Windows&oldid=265495579
• Windows Evolution (June 16, 2006, 6:31 AM) in Soft 32. Retrieved 22:17, January 24, 2009,  from http://news.soft32.com/windows-evolution_1629.html
• Windows XP Proffesional (2002) in Universidad de La Rioja. Retrieved 22:30, January 24, 2009,  from http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/libro?codigo=319620

RSS Techonology

 

RSS

Connected with a post below, the RSS is extended from XML language, so in this post I am going to  write a brief description about the RSS.

First of all, RSS is an abbreviation for Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication, RDF Site Summary, or a variation on any of these names. It is an XML document that facilitates content syndication. The term “RSS” is still sometimes used to refer to web feeds in general, including web feeds with a format different from RSS. 

The Blogspace description of using web feeds in an aggregator is headlined “RSS info” and “RSS readers” even though its first sentence makes clear the inclusion of the Atom format: “RSS and Atom files provide news updates from a website in a simple form for your computer. “

Some Internet Explorers offer the possibility of connect RSS in order to allow the user to know about the updatings of the web. Windows Vista, offers a noticeboard to show the updated webpages in the desktop. 

 

Sources:

• RSS. (2009, January 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:07, January 9, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RSS&oldid=262382376
• Blogging, RSS and the Information Landscape: A Look At Online News (March 2005). by, Kathi E. Gill Retrieved 14:17, January 9, 2009, from http://faculty.washington.edu/kegill/pub/gill_www2005_rss.pdf
• Stay up to date with Microsoft RSS feeds. In Microsoft. retrieved 14:21, January 9, 2009, from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/rss/default.mspx