operating system

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Apple deftly made the transition to Arm Macs because it controlled every part of the product: The chip, the device, the operating system, many of the apps, and the developer tools.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The company’s flagship Delfi cloud operating system acts as a collaborative space where remote teams at an energy company leverage machine learning to eliminate workflow bottlenecks and significantly speed up drilling cycles.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

This includes the little green robot that Google uses as the mascot for its Android mobile operating system.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“AI is becoming the operating system of global commerce,” Manuel said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The first version of the Windows operating system launched in 1985, and the breakthrough version that made IBM PCs much more user-friendly—Windows 3.0—shipped on May 22, 1990, only six months after the wall went down.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman