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[[Apple]]'s [[Macintosh]] was the first popular computer to use a [[graphical user interface]] (GUI). The GUI proved much more [[user friendly]] than the text-only [[command-line interface]] earlier operating systems had used. Following the success of Macintosh, MS-DOS was updated with a GUI overlay called [[Windows]]. Windows later was rewritten as a stand-alone operating system, borrowing so many features from another ([[VAX VMS]]) that a large [[legal settlement]] was paid.{{sfn|Tanenbaum|Bos|2023|p=17}} In the twenty-first century, Windows continues to be popular on personal computers but has less [[market share]] of servers. UNIX operating systems, especially Linux, are the most popular on [[enterprise system]]s and servers but are also used on mobile devices and many other computer systems.{{sfn|Tanenbaum|Bos|2023|p=18}}
On mobile devices, [[Symbian OS]] was dominant at first, being usurped by [[BlackBerry OS]] (introduced 2002) and [[iOS]] for [[iPhone]]s (from 2007). Later on, the open-source
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