#1508: Operating Systems explain

[All text is in capitals. At the top of the panel:]

Operating Systems

running in my house

[At the bottom there is time-line that runs from 1990 to 2066. It has small indicators for every year, larger for every 5 years and largest for every 10 years. Below the 10 year indicators are written the years. Also the year 2015 is marked:]

1990 2000 2010 Now 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060

[Bars above the time-line in four levels are labeled with operating system names, representing the time period for that OS. Below is a list of the bars on the time-line in order of first appearance (with approximate year ranges given). Also the level from 1-4 is indicated, with level 1 just above the time-line and level 4 the highest level above the line:]

[Level 1 from 1988 to 1998 (extends a little left past the beginning of the time-line but not off panel):]

MS DOS

[Level 2 from 1993 to 2007:]

Windows

[Level 3 from 1994 to 2001:]

Mac OS

[Level 1 from 1999 to 2018:]

Linux

[Level 2 from 2009 to 2023. On the way the bar merges with iOS around 2018 thru 2022:]

OS X

[Level 3 from 2009 to 2016:]

Android

[Level 4 from 2013 to 2022. On the way to 2022 the bar moves down past Android to merge with OS X after 2018:]

iOS

[Level 1 from 2018 to 2028. The text is written in square brackets:]

[Something].js

[Level 3 from 2022 to 2029:]

TinderOS

[Level 2 from 2023 to 2032:]

Nest

[Level 1 from 2028 to 2041:]

Elon Musk Project:

[Level 3 from 2030 to 2036:]

DOS, but ironically

[Level 2 from 2034 to 2041:]

Blood Drone

[This is not a bar, but the text (in three lines) is in a double bar-height (level 1-2) square bracket. The bracket extends from 2042 to 2051:]

[Human civilization ends in fire]

[Level 1 from 2059 going past the end of the panel past 2066:]

GNU/Hurd