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The following table compares general and technical information for a number of [[operating systems]] programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information.
Actually, what I meant was, if you'd like to know something. Ask!
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! Operating System:
! [[Windows XP]]
! [[Windows 2000]]
! [[Mac OS X]]
! [[Mac Classic]]
! [[Fedora Core]] (Linux)
! [[SUSE]] (Linux)
! [[FreeBSD]]
! [[OpenBSD]]
! [[Solaris Operating Environment|Solaris]]
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! Creator
| [[Microsoft Corporation|Microsoft]]
| [[Microsoft Corporation|Microsoft]]
| [[Apple Computer|Apple]]
| [[Apple Computer|Apple]]
| [[Fedora Project]]
| [[SUSE LINUX]]
| [[University of California]]
| [[Theo de Raadt]]
| [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]]
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! Stable version
| SP2
| SP4
| 10.3 (Panther)
| 9.2
| 2
| 9.1
| 5.2.1
| 3.5
| 9
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! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | ''General''
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! Cost
| $184 (Home)<br />$279 (Pro)
| ?
| $129 or bundled
| No longer available
| Free
| Free
| Free
| Free
| Free
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! License
| [[Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary]]
| [[Open-source]]
| [[Open-source]]
| [[Open-source]]
| [[Open-source]]
| [[Proprietary]]
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! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | ''Technical''
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! 16-bit [[file system]]
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
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! 32-bit file system
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
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! 64-bit file system
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Yes
| ?
| ?
| ?
| ?
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! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | ''Features''
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! Integral [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
| bgcolor=#ddddff | [[Luna]]
| bgcolor=#ddddff | Classic
| bgcolor=#ddddff | [[Aqua (Mac OS X)|Aqua]]
| bgcolor=#ddddff | [[Macintosh]] GUI
| bgcolor=#ddddff | [[GNOME]]
| bgcolor=#ddddff | [[KDE]]
| bgcolor=#ffdddd | No
| ?
| bgcolor=#ddddff | [[X Window System]]
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[[User:ZackStone|ZackStone]] 17:50, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
==See also==
*[[Operating system advocacy]]
== Reference ==
*[http://www.commercialventvac.com/~jeffs/OS_comparison.html Operating system comparisons]
[[Category:Operating systems]]
[[Category:Comparisons]]
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