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Timeline: operating system progress while GMail was in beta
Why not take a look at Wikipedia's operating systems timeline and see what changes happened in the world of desktop OSes over the same period. It sure seems like plenty has changed since 2004, so I headed over to TimeRime and starting putting things together.
Curious? Have a look the result after the break!
Needless to say, I'm glad I decided against my original idea to look at 20 or 30 popular applications over the same five-year period.
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monkeyhousetim said 3:33PM on 7-08-2009
You include AmigaOS but not Symbian OS?
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AndrewNoNumbers said 7:14PM on 7-08-2009
It says "in the world of desktop OSes". Yes yes Android is very borderline.
216 said 3:54PM on 7-08-2009
where's Vista SP2? or 7 Beta, 7-RC1?
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Jash Sayani said 3:55PM on 7-08-2009
Gmail maybe the longest service to hold the beta tag (Guinness world record pending), but it is surely the perfect service on public release (now, after beta) with tons of great features like "multiple inboxes" and "Undo send".
Really great !!
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kojo87 said 3:10AM on 7-09-2009
it has undo send? really? thats flippin sweet.
jo said 9:21AM on 7-09-2009
what's the point of it ?
I mean, shure, it's a long time, but where do you want to go comparing it with some OS ?
I miss a conclusion at the end...
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Shain said 8:23AM on 7-10-2009
Hmm no symbian OS
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