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Standing for "quick and dirty operating system", it marked the beginning of the 1980's computing revolutions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86-DOS
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CTOS was one of the first operating systems to successfully integrate usernames and passwords, as well as offering different volumes for each, now known as hard-disks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_Technologies_Operating_System
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This was the first widely used consumer operating system, and was used more frequently than the other variations of DOS available at the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS
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This was announced and has still been uncompleted, but the software developments have proved beneficial to the constant evolution of computer software today. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU
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Now known mainly for its popularisation of the GUI, MAC-OS (previously known as System Software) pushed their competitiors to make more visually appealing systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS
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This was Microsoft's retalliation to Apple Computers Inc. - It was a graphical interface installed above an installation of MS-DOS and allowed users to run both graphical and pre-existing MS-DOS programs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_1.0
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Whilst this OS barely compared to the fastly evolving Microsoft and Apple systems, it proved to consumers that more languages were available and easily-accessible for them to use and/or developers to work with. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaOS
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Based upon UNIX, Linux was one of the first ways the software created by the GNU project was able to run. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel
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PenPoint OS was created for the AT&T Personal Communicator, and could be considered the first smartphone operating system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenPoint_OS
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Based upon the research on UNIX performed in Berkeley Software Distribution, it was released for free (hence the name) to the public and is now integrated into many operating systems, such as Apple's OSx and many Linux distributions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD
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The first of the NT family, this marked the end of Microsoft's partnership with IBM as they moved away from DOS based computing to more graphical interfaces
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First multiplatform Windows release, could be both a server and a client http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000
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OSx 10.0 was the first of the modern GUI's in computing, many of it's smooth edges and light colours seen in the present time's GUI's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.0
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do I really need to say anything? - It's freakin' Windows XP dammit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP
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Made small children cry in despair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista
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Small children wept tears of joy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7
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Everyone wondered where the start menu went, and why they had to sign up for a Microsoft account which no one wanted en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8
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Thank god, they brought the start button back http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8.1
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ARGH - ITS SO PRETTAY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X_Mavericks
