Operating systems have evolved from slow and expensive systems to present-day technology where computing power has reached exponential speeds and relatively inexpensive costs. In the beginning, computers were manually loaded with program code to control computer functions and process code related to business logic. This type of computing introduced problems with program scheduling and setup time. As more users demanded increased computer time and resources, computer scientists determined they needed a system to improve convenience, efficiency, and growth (Stallings, 2009, p. 51). As a result, they created an operating system (OS) to process jobs in batches. Later they created Multitasking and Time-Sharing to run multiple jobs and allow user interaction to improve efficiency. In this assignment you are required to explore the evolution of two most common Operating Systems: Windows and Linux and; to prepare and submit a comprehensive report containing:

1. A brief history of each OS i.e. different versions
2. Improvements in each version as compared to the previous version
3. The impact of improvements on system performance