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Comparison of operating systems
The following list compares general information for a number of widely used and currently available operating systems - GNU/Linux, iOS, Android, OpenVMS, etc.
| Name | Creator | First public release | Predecessor | Latest stable version | Latest release date | Cost, availability | Preferred license[g 1] | Target system type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIX | IBM | 1986 | UNIX System VRelease 3 | 7.1 | 2010 | Bundled with hardware | Proprietary | Server, NAS,workstation |
| Android | Android, Inc., Google | 2008 | Linux | Android 4.1 Jelly Bean | 2012 | Free | Apache 2.0, GNU GPLv2 | Consumer, enterprise, military, education |
| AmigaOSclassic | Commodore International,Haage & Partner, Hyperion Entertainment | 1985 | TRIPOS (as the disk operating component of AmigaOS) | 3.9 | 2000, December 4 | Bundled with hardware up to version 3.0 (Amiga International Hardware came with 3.1); versions 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.5, 3.9 also available as separate packages | Proprietary, open source clone available under AROS Public License | Workstation, personal computer |
| AmigaOS 4 | Hyperion Entertainment | 2004 | AmigaOS classic | 4.1 update 4 | 2011 | 4.0 bundled with hardware; 4.0 for classic and 4.1 available as standalone package at €99 | Proprietary | Workstation, personal computer |
| eComStation | Serenity Systems, Mensys BV | 2001 | OS/2 | 2.1 | 2011 | Home-student edition (max. 5 per site) $149.00 | Proprietary | Server, workstation, personal computer |
| business edition $259.00 | ||||||||
| EPOC32 | Psion PLC | 1996 | ER5 | 1999 | Commercial | Proprietary | PDA | |
| FreeBSD | The FreeBSD Project | 1993 | 386BSD | 9 | 2012 | Free | BSD | Server, workstation, NAS, embedded |
| DragonFly BSD | Matthew Dillon | 2003 | FreeBSD | 2.1 | 2011 | Free | BSD | Server, workstation, NAS, embedded |
| Haiku | Haiku Inc. | 2009 | BeOS R5 | R1/Alpha3 | 2011 | Free | MIT | Personal computer |
| HP-UX | Hewlett-Packard | 1983 | UNIX System V | 11.31 "11i v3" | 2007 | $400 | Proprietary | Server, workstation |
| IBM i | IBM | 1988 | OS/400 | 7.1 | 2010 | Bundled with hardware | Proprietary | Server |
| Inferno | Bell Labs | 1997 | Plan 9 | Fourth Edition | 2007 | Free | MIT, GNU GPL, GNU LGPL, LPL | NAS, server, embedded |
| iOS | Apple Inc. | 2007 | OS X | 5.1.1 | 2012 | Bundled with hardware | Proprietary higher level API layers; open source core system (ARM versions): APSL, GNU GPL, others | Smartphone, music player, tablet computer |
| IRIX | SGI | 1988 | UNIX System V | 6.5.30 | 2006 | Bundled with hardware | Proprietary | Server, workstation |
| GNU/Linux | Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, et al. | GNU: 1983, Linux: 1992 | Unix,[g 2] MINIX[g 3] | Linux kernel3.4; GNU C Library 2.13 | 2012 | Free | GNU GPL, GNU LGPL, others | See: Comparison of Linux distributions |
| Mac OS | Apple Inc. | 1984 | None[g 4][g 5] | 9.2.2 | 2002 | Bundled with 68K and PowerPC Macs; | Proprietary | Workstation, personal computer |
| versions 7-9 sold as retail upgrades[g 6] | ||||||||
| OS X | Apple Inc. | 2001 | NeXTStep | 10.8 | 2012 | Bundled with hardware; upgrades sold separately: | Proprietary higher level API layers; open source core system (Intel-PowerPC versions): APSL, GNU GPL, others | Workstation, personal computer, embedded |
| Desktop $169 (one-user Mac box set), $29 (one-user Mac OS X v10.6 upgrade) |
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