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- ...that Windows Longhorn build 4088 includes an early version of the .NET Managed rewrite of Desktop Window Manager that is not installed by default?
- ...that Windows 98 build 1387 has a hidden button in display properties to enable title bar gradients, and is also the first build of Windows to support this feature?
- ...that the WarpCenter shell included in OS/2 Warp 4 build 9.012 refers itself as Lotus SmartCenter?
- ...that every Classic Mac OS version since Mac OS 7 renames the "Special" menu to a unique word beginning with S in beta builds for easy identification of such?
- ...that Windows 95 build 58s includes a hidden tabbed mode in the Cabinet?
- ...that Windows Longhorn build 4015 (main) includes an early iteration of transparent window borders?
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OS/2 1.0 is the first version of OS/2 to be released. Announced on 2 April 1987, OS/2 1.0 was marketed to be a successor to DOS, providing its own set of protected mode API library and taking advantage of the 286 processor capabilities. Later released on December 1987, IBM OS/2 1.0 targeted IBM's new line of PS/2 model systems, while maintaining compatibility with IBM AT-compatible systems.
Due to a Joint Development Agreement from IBM and Microsoft in August 1985, Microsoft would develop OS/2 1.0 with IBM, but Microsoft's releases were marketed towards OEMs. OS/2 1.0 was praised for its modern capabilities such as the segmented memory model and multithreading, but was criticized for the lack of 386 processor advantages and unstable DOS application support, and sold poorly to the user market. It was succeeded by OS/2 1.1 on 31 October 1988.
