The closer we get to the cloud, the less important our choice of operating system.

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Like it or not, the Internet has become the operating system of choice for software developers.

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Linux is effectively free, so many high schools and universities are making it their operating system of choice.

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By making Windows virtually the only operating-system choice available to computer manufacturers, Microsoft was a principal benefactor of the boom in desktop computing.

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The only downside is that it is running Symbian, the platform Nokia is in the process of dumping, rather than its operating system of choice, Windows Phone.

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Workstations and servers are on their way to becoming generic boxes, waiting for the customer to install their operating system and applications of choice.

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In a preliminary report on the antitrust trial against the software giant, Jackson determined that Microsoft used the dominance of its Windows operating system as a cudgel against competitors, stifling innovation and limiting consumer choice.

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