8.

2 Windows Operating System History

Microsoft Windows has been a family of operating systems for personal computers since 1985. In
addition to Windows OS for personal computers, Microsoft offers operating systems for servers and
personal mobile devices. Originally developed by Microsoft for IBM, MS-DOS was the standard
operating system for IBM-compatible personal computers. The latest Windows OS is Windows 10 (the
successor to Windows 8), which debuted on July 29, 2015.

It is interesting to note that although Microsoft operating systems have several vulnerabilities, they are
not in the top three, as reported in the 2014 NIST National Vulnerability Database, as shown below.