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It was developed by Microsoft Incorporation. |
It was developed by co-ordination of Microsoft Inc. and IBM. |
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It was launched in 1985. |
It was launched in 1987. |
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Its target systems types are workstation, personal computers, media center, tablets and embedded systems. |
Its target system types are personal computers and servers. |
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Computer architectures supported by Windows are IA-32, x86-64, IA-64, ARM, Alpha, MIPS and PowerPC. |
Computer architectures supported by OS/2 are 16-bit x86 (1.x only) and IA-32. |
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Its kernel type is Hybrid with modules. |
Its kernel type is Monolithic with modules. |
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Its native APIs are Win32 and NT API. |
Its native APIs are Proprietary, DOS API and Win16. |
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It has the preferred license Proprietary and Source available. |
It has the preferred license of Proprietary. |
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The non-native APIs supported through its subsystems are DOS API, Win16, POSIX and .NET. |
The non-native APIs supported through its subsystems are Win32. |
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Its package management is MSI or custom installer. |
Its package management is Feature Install. |
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File systems supported by Windows are NTFS, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF, HFS+, FATX and HFS. |
File systems supported by OS/2 are HPFS, JFS, FAT, ISO 9660, UDF and NFS. |