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Cairo (operating system)

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Cairo was the codename for a project at Microsoft that ran from 1991 to 1996, chartered to build technologies for a next generation operating system meant to fulfill a vision, credited to Bill Gates, of information at your fingertips. The project never shipped as its own operating system, although portions of the technologies it developed later appeared in other Microsoft products. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
License
Proprietary (Closed Source) 2
Status
Status
Discontinued 1
Year
1991 2
Connections

Associated With

Operating system, Systems
Source Wikipedia: Cairo (operating system)

In Field

Operating Systems, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Cairo (operating system)

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Proprietary Software, Concepts
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Developed By

Microsoft

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Cairo (operating system)
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    Cairo was the codename for a project at Microsoft from 1991 to 1996. Its charter was to build technologies for a next-generation operating system that would fulfill Bill Gates's vision of "information at your fingertips."
  • Lead section, legacy sentence
    Cairo never shipped, although portions of its technologies have since appeared in other products.
  • Infobox: rtm date
    Cancelled
  • Associated With: Operating system, Lead section
    Its charter was to build technologies for a next-generation operating system that would fulfill Bill Gates's vision of "information at your fingertips." Cairo never shipped, although portions of its technologies have since appeared in other products.
  • In Field: Operating Systems, Lead sentence
    Cairo was the codename for a project at Microsoft from 1991 to 1996. Its charter was to build technologies for a next-generation operating system that would fulfill Bill Gates's vision of "information at your fingertips." Cairo never shipped, although portions
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2. Wikidata: Cairo
  • Wikidata Q1148740, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)
  • Wikidata P275 license claim
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