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Microsoft-IBM Family | {{Factioninfobox | ||
|name = Microsoft-IBM Family | |||
|image = | |||
|founder = Xenix, Altair (benefactress) | |||
|leader = MS-DOS, PC-DOS | |||
|matriarch = Xenix | |||
|ftype = dynasty | |||
|niche = Highly-skilled entrepreneurs, open to various types of technology and programs. | |||
|territory = The first consumer OS-tan family to industrialize rapidly, spanned many large cities. | |||
|established = 1980 | |||
|dissolution = 1990 | |||
|predecessor = none | |||
|successor = [[Windows Family]] | |||
}} | |||
==Former members== | ==Former members== | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The Microsoft-IBM Family was founded around 1980 or 1981 with the release of Xenix, the acquisition of [[QDOS | QDOS | The Microsoft-IBM Family was founded around 1980 or 1981 with the release of Xenix, the acquisition of [[QDOS | QDOS]] and the development of MS-DOS and PC-DOS. [[MITS Altair 8800 | MITS Altair 8800-tan]] was a de-facto member of the family and its benefactress, since Altair BASIC was developed by Microsoft, and was their first product. | ||
The OS-tans of the MS-IBM Family lived happy and sheltered childhoods but this all changed when the family broke up in 1990. | The OS-tans of the MS-IBM Family lived happy and sheltered childhoods but this all changed when the family broke up in 1990. | ||
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Xenix-tan was forced to retire in 1989, shortly before the breakup. She fought in the Unix Wars but was still loyal to the MS-IBM Family (and later the early Windows Family) to the very end when she got killed in action. | Xenix-tan was forced to retire in 1989, shortly before the breakup. She fought in the Unix Wars but was still loyal to the MS-IBM Family (and later the early Windows Family) to the very end when she got killed in action. | ||
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