Fun fact: If Bill Gates had his way, Windows OS would have been called 'Interface Manager'. Gates had planned to release it under the same name. However, 'Windows' name prevailed because it best describes the boxes or computing 'windows' that were fundamental to the new operating system.
Long before Windows became Windows, Microsoft was in a hot race to compete with Apple and other companies that embarrassed GUIs as their primary interface human machine, with the help of a new device called the mouse.
Microsoft, being a software company decided to give it a shot and in September of 1981, works on what would become Windows later on started. Named "Interface Manager", it was not an operating system per se but rather an add-on to Microsoft's cash cow and star product, MS-DOS, that graced every IBM PC and was compatible. Think of Interface Manager like a french paint job for an old Bettle.
As can be seen in the photograph, the design, and concept of Interface Manager is very different from that seen in the first versions of Windows. The screen is divided into two parts: the panel available at this time for teams, and the “working area” where windows are placed to open applications.
When you start a text editor set of commands on the toolbar at the bottom has changed, i.e. Apparently, there appear general commands or commands for the currently active window.
Interface Manager is an interesting piece of history as it helped the company to take the right direction in order to compete with IBM and Apple, although the Initial attempt had not drawn interest from users and developers, they would set the foundation for the future of the operating system. By the time Microsoft had done with Interface Manager, they renamed it to Windows. And the rest like they say, it's history.
Sofiane M. MEROUANI
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