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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
[[File:Windows-95-1993-01-Demo.png|thumb| | [[File:Windows-95-1993-01-Demo.png|thumb|An UI mockup depicting an early form of Cairo/Chicago shell|230px]] | ||
The development of Windows 95 started in 1992 shortly after the release of [[Windows 3.1x|Windows 3.1]]. Pre-release [[Windows 3.1x#Windows for Workgroups 3.1|Windows for Workgroups 3.1]] builds were forked into the Cougar project, which attempted to build a 32-bit protected mode kernel to be used in the next Windows-on-DOS release (at the time often called Windows 4.0 or Windows 93). The Cougar project was later merged with Jaguar (known as MS-DOS 7.0, also slated for a separate release) into Chicago, which became Windows 95. The Chicago project additionally took a few components from the Cairo project (meant for Windows NT), including the Cairo user interface, and integrated it into the Chicago shell. Internal Microsoft documents from 1992 occasionally refer to the Chicago project as ''Windows NT Lite''.<ref>http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05522.pdf</ref> | The development of Windows 95 started in 1992 shortly after the release of [[Windows 3.1x|Windows 3.1]]. Pre-release [[Windows 3.1x#Windows for Workgroups 3.1|Windows for Workgroups 3.1]] builds were forked into the Cougar project, which attempted to build a 32-bit protected mode kernel to be used in the next Windows-on-DOS release (at the time often called Windows 4.0 or Windows 93). The Cougar project was later merged with Jaguar (known as MS-DOS 7.0, also slated for a separate release) into Chicago, which became Windows 95. The Chicago project additionally took a few components from the Cairo project (meant for Windows NT), including the Cairo user interface, and integrated it into the Chicago shell. Internal Microsoft documents from 1992 occasionally refer to the Chicago project as ''Windows NT Lite''.<ref>http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05522.pdf</ref> | ||