Cairo (operating system)

Cairo was the code name for a project at Microsoft. Its charter was to build technologies for a next generation operating system that would fulfill Bill Gates's vision of "information at your fingertips."

Related Topics:
Microsoft - Operating system - Bill Gates

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Cairo utilized distributed computing concepts to make information available instantly and seamlessly across a worldwide network of computers.

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Cairo was announced at the 1991 Microsoft Professional Developers Conference by Jim Allchin. It was demonstrated publicly (including a demo system for all attendees to use) at the 1993 Cairo/Win95 PDC. Microsoft changed stance on Cairo several times, sometimes calling it a product, other times refering to it as a collection of technologies.

Related Topics:
1991 - Professional Developers Conference - Jim Allchin - 1993

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At its peak, Cairo was one of the largest groups at Microsoft and employed a majority of the company's senior engineering and design talent.

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