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Dos — operating systems family

3 operating systems in the dos family.

Decade1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
FamilyIndependent 29Unix 16BSD 5Linux 4Windows 4DOS 3OS/360 3OS/2 2VM 2CP/M 1MCP 1Multics 1VMS 1
StatusAliveMaintenanceDormantDeadLostSuperseded
NameYearsStatusFamilyCreator / origin
MS-DOSPC DOS1981–2000DeadDOSTim Paterson / Microsoft & IBM
Atari TOS1985–1994DeadDOSAtari
FreeDOS1994–MaintenanceDOSJim Hall & community