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	==Technical Details==
	Released 1987, Windows 2.0 was the second release of the Microsoft Windows line. While it offered improvements over its predecessor, it was still quite rudimentary and incomplete.		Released 1987, Windows 2.0 was the second release of the Microsoft Windows line. While it offered improvements over its predecessor, it was still quite rudimentary and incomplete.

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	Her idealism was damaged after Xenix-tan left, the official line that she'd retired suddenly not matching with OS/2-tan's eyewitness account of the event.<ref>"Later the kids are told that Xenix-san wanted to retire early, but OS/2-tan confides to 2.0-chan her concerns."</ref> However, her doubts were assuaged by the birth of [[Windows 3.1 \| Windows 3.1-tan]], and her new role as big sister,<ref>"3.0-chan is born and any lingering fear or doubt by 2.0-chan is dispelled by her energetic and bubbly little sister."</ref> even as she drifted away from OS/2-tan because of the latter's rigorous training.<ref>"OS/2-tan also wants to join them, but is mysteriously put into a near excessive training hours . . ."</ref> 2.0-tan didn't realize that 3.1-tan was being trained to replace OS/2-tan, although OS/2-tan had suspicions.		Her idealism was damaged after Xenix-tan left, the official line that she'd retired suddenly not matching with OS/2-tan's eyewitness account of the event.<ref>"Later the kids are told that Xenix-san wanted to retire early, but OS/2-tan confides to 2.0-chan her concerns."</ref> However, her doubts were assuaged by the birth of [[Windows 3.1 \| Windows 3.1-tan]], and her new role as big sister,<ref>"3.0-chan is born and any lingering fear or doubt by 2.0-chan is dispelled by her energetic and bubbly little sister."</ref> even as she drifted away from OS/2-tan because of the latter's rigorous training.<ref>"OS/2-tan also wants to join them, but is mysteriously put into a near excessive training hours . . ."</ref> 2.0-tan didn't realize that 3.1-tan was being trained to replace OS/2-tan, although OS/2-tan had suspicions.

	Any remaining illusions were broken when the family was suddenly and acrimoniously split into separate IBM and MS factions. OS/2-tan tried to give 2.0-tan instructions, but was taken away before she could.<ref>" OS/2 spots 2.0-chan and screams out some hurried and desperate things that sound like warnings or instructions, but 2.0-chan is taken out of earshot range before she could hear it all."</ref> While 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan remained with the family for several years afterward, they were eventually banished.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,627.msg52826.html#msg52826 "OS-tan theories and discussion"]: "the two were still around after NT-san and 95-an were born. But given the direction the company was already going in, the NT and 95 were pushed into training, indoctrination and conditioning almost immediately. Since mixing with their NON-belligerent relatives would've been counterproductive, it's likely neither pair was made to meet one another . . . "</ref>		Any remaining illusions were broken when the family was suddenly and acrimoniously split into separate IBM and MS factions. OS/2-tan tried to give 2.0-tan instructions, but was taken away before she could.<ref>" OS/2 spots 2.0-chan and screams out some hurried and desperate things that sound like warnings or instructions, but 2.0-chan is taken out of earshot range before she could hear it all."</ref> While 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan remained with the family for several years afterward, they were eventually banished,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,627.msg52826.html#msg52826 "OS-tan theories and discussion"]: "the two were still around after NT-san and 95-an were born. But given the direction the company was already going in, the NT and 95 were pushed into training, indoctrination and conditioning almost immediately. Since mixing with their NON-belligerent relatives would've been counterproductive, it's likely neither pair was made to meet one another . . . "</ref> living as wanderers amidst the chaos of the OS Wars and Unix Wars.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/bellacielo/art/Linux-tan-comic-page-30-104870902 Linux-tan comic, page 30]</ref>

			2.0-tan and her mother eventually banded together with [[Amiga \| Amiga-tan]], [[Apple II \| Apple II-tan]] and others, forming the [[Binteeji Renmei]] as a sanctuary for vintage OS-tans.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,460.msg35993.html#msg35993 "Mac Party Redux!"]</ref> Here, 2.0-tan found the security and purpose her life had been missing, and friends who understand her.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	\|height= 127 cm (4'2")		\|height= 127 cm (4'2")
	\|haircolor= ~~black~~		\|haircolor= Black
	\|eyecolor= ~~blue~~		\|eyecolor= Blue
	\|apfaction= [[Binteeji Renmei]]		\|apfaction= [[Binteeji Renmei]]
	\|lineage= [[Win9x\|DOS/Win9x]]		\|lineage= [[Win9x\|DOS/Win9x]]
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	==Technical Details==		==Technical Details==
			Released 1987, Windows 2.0 was the second release of the Microsoft Windows line. While it offered improvements over its predecessor, it was still quite rudimentary and incomplete.
	'''Windows 2.0-tan''' (2.0たん) is one of the least common Windows personifications. She personifies Windows 2.0, which was a version of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface-based operating environment that superseded [[Windows 1.0]]. It was Microsoft's second attempt to implement a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based operating environment on the PC platform.

	==Character Details==		==Character Details==
			===Physical===
	Despite the popularity of Windows-based OS-tans, there are considerably few renditions of Windows OSes prior to version 3.1. One possible reason for this omission can be traced to the perception of [[Windows 3.1]] as marking the beginning of Microsoft Windows' rise to dominance (hence, the origin of the Windows family), and thus delegating versions 1.0 and 2.0 as simply younger facets of the more memorable version 3.1. Therefore, only a handful of designs that can be confirmed by OSC to exist, all of which share similar-enough traits to be considered as a single character rendition.
			Windows 2.0-tan is depicted as a young girl with blue eyes, short, hime-cut black hair with two long locks and bangs. She wears a blue and white school uniform with lavender socks and black shoes, and a white headband whose ends have been tied in the shape of "2.0".

			She is often depicted with leather gloves, tools, scuffs and dirt, reflecting her role as a stone-mason. <ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/c-quel/art/Chibi-Windows-1-0-and-2-0-tan-104809209 Chibi Windows 1.0 and 2.0]</ref>
	Windows 2.0-tan, the daughter of Windows 1.0-tan, is depicted as a young girl of about 7 or 8 years old but uncharacteristically-skilled in masonry (a reference to her setting the foundation for Microsoft's future success). She has bright blue eyes, short black hair, and wears a large white hairband tied in the front with ends in the shape of a 2.0. She wears a simple blue grade-school uniform with long lavender socks and black strapped shoes, and given her masonry profession she can also be seen wearing orange rawhide gloves.

			===Personality===
	Unlike Windows 1.0-tan, 2.0-tan has a level of maturity that belies her physical age, and is fully aware of her surroundings as well as the actions and intents of others. Nearly all but Windows 3.1-tan are unaware of her existence, yet Windows 2.0-tan has the most reliable and complete knowledge of the true Windows family tree -- surpassing even the recollections of [[MSDOS\| MSDOS-tan]], [[PCDOS\| PCDOS-tan]] and [[OS2\| OS/2-tan]] given her former favorable position with Father. Her exile, along with her mother 1.0-tan, were in part due to her unwillingness (and technical inability) to adapt to the aggressive tactics commonplace during the commercial OS Wars. This banishment, preceded by the original dissolution of her IBM/Microsoft family and followed by years of hardship as a Wanderer, have done little to affect her shy and demure disposition, but have done irreparable damage to her trusting spirit and optimistic outlook on life. By all accounts, the present-day Windows 2.0-tan can be accurately described as psychologically-scarred.
			2.0-tan is sensitive, shy and mature beyond her years. Though she had a trusting personality and cheery outlook earlier in life, she is now mistrustful and perpetually melancholy.

			She deals with trauma from the breakup of her family and her subsequent exile, manifesting in bouts of sleepwalking and night terrors. <ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,460.msg35993.html#msg35993 "OS-tan families"]: "1.0-san doesn't say a thing, but her expression is enough to let Amiga know what's happening. She gets dressed and runs outside in the moonlit pasture, until she hears 2.0-chan gasping, crying and convulsing near a creek."</ref>
	She and her mother 1.0-tan currently reside with other Vintage OS-tans, far away from their legitimate family. She works hard to become a valuable and loyal member of this newfound family, albeit often at the cost of her health.

			==History and Background==
	See also:
			2.0-tan was born into the old [[Microsoft-IBM_Family \| MS-IBM family]] and lived a carefree childhood, getting into mischief and playfully facing off against rival Mac gangs. She was loved and cared for by her mother [[OSC Windows 1.0 \| 1.0-tan]] and the family maid [[Xenix \| Xenix-tan]].<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,460.msg35993.html#msg35993 "OS-tan Families"]: 'She then meets off with a young OS/2-tan who loves to ruffle her hair, and later with the two DOS sisters. Before they head home, they go off to fish for a very civil, Musical-style face-off . . . with the local Mac Gang, but Xenix-san comes in to interject and takes the little troublemakers back "home" . . . There they have a very pleasant dinner prepared by Xenix with help from 1.0-san . . .'</ref> She was especially close with her older stepsister [[OS/2 \| OS/2-tan]], who initially pitied 2.0-tan but came to respect her as a peer,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1200.msg12681.html#msg12681 "OS-tan Annex Project"]: 'When Windows 2.0-tan was born, for example, OS/2-tan took pity on what she thought would be the "last Windows" ever created, and looked after her like an overprotective step sister. Soon both would become genuinely friendly though.']</ref> going as far as making a pact to stay with each other no matter what.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,460.msg35993.html#msg35993 "OS-tan Families"]: "Both of them exchange promises to look after one another, and always be together to the end."</ref>
	*[[List of OS-tans]]

	*[[Windows 1.0]]
			Her idealism was damaged after Xenix-tan left, the official line that she'd retired suddenly not matching with OS/2-tan's eyewitness account of the event.<ref>"Later the kids are told that Xenix-san wanted to retire early, but OS/2-tan confides to 2.0-chan her concerns."</ref> However, her doubts were assuaged by the birth of [[Windows 3.1 \| Windows 3.1-tan]], and her new role as big sister,<ref>"3.0-chan is born and any lingering fear or doubt by 2.0-chan is dispelled by her energetic and bubbly little sister."</ref> even as she drifted away from OS/2-tan because of the latter's rigorous training.<ref>"OS/2-tan also wants to join them, but is mysteriously put into a near excessive training hours . . ."</ref> 2.0-tan didn't realize that 3.1-tan was being trained to replace OS/2-tan, although OS/2-tan had suspicions.

			Any remaining illusions were broken when the family was suddenly and acrimoniously split into separate IBM and MS factions. OS/2-tan tried to give 2.0-tan instructions, but was taken away before she could.<ref>" OS/2 spots 2.0-chan and screams out some hurried and desperate things that sound like warnings or instructions, but 2.0-chan is taken out of earshot range before she could hear it all."</ref> While 1.0-tan and 2.0-tan remained with the family for several years afterward, they were eventually banished.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,627.msg52826.html#msg52826 "OS-tan theories and discussion"]: "the two were still around after NT-san and 95-an were born. But given the direction the company was already going in, the NT and 95 were pushed into training, indoctrination and conditioning almost immediately. Since mixing with their NON-belligerent relatives would've been counterproductive, it's likely neither pair was made to meet one another . . . "</ref>

			==Notes==
			* Angelica (Gunslinger Girl) is cited as an inspiration for Windows 2.0-tan.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,239.msg7184.html#msg7184 "Inspiration"]</ref>

			==Fanworks==

			==References==

	[[Category:Windows]] [[Category:Vintage]]		[[Category:Windows]] [[Category:Vintage]]

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	===Technical Details===		==Technical Details==
	'''Windows 2.0-tan''' (2.0たん) is one of the least common Windows personifications. She personifies Windows 2.0, which was a version of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface-based operating environment that superseded [[Windows 1.0]]. It was Microsoft's second attempt to implement a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based operating environment on the PC platform.		'''Windows 2.0-tan''' (2.0たん) is one of the least common Windows personifications. She personifies Windows 2.0, which was a version of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface-based operating environment that superseded [[Windows 1.0]]. It was Microsoft's second attempt to implement a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based operating environment on the PC platform.

	===Character Details===		==Character Details==
	Despite the popularity of Windows-based OS-tans, there are considerably few renditions of Windows OSes prior to version 3.1. One possible reason for this omission can be traced to the perception of [[Windows 3.1]] as marking the beginning of Microsoft Windows' rise to dominance (hence, the origin of the Windows family), and thus delegating versions 1.0 and 2.0 as simply younger facets of the more memorable version 3.1. Therefore, only a handful of designs that can be confirmed by OSC to exist, all of which share similar-enough traits to be considered as a single character rendition.		Despite the popularity of Windows-based OS-tans, there are considerably few renditions of Windows OSes prior to version 3.1. One possible reason for this omission can be traced to the perception of [[Windows 3.1]] as marking the beginning of Microsoft Windows' rise to dominance (hence, the origin of the Windows family), and thus delegating versions 1.0 and 2.0 as simply younger facets of the more memorable version 3.1. Therefore, only a handful of designs that can be confirmed by OSC to exist, all of which share similar-enough traits to be considered as a single character rendition.

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	\|cname= Windows 2.0-tan		\|cname= Windows 2.0-tan

import>Aurora Borealis at 02:51, 28 March 2011

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	\|tanname= Windows 2.0-tan		\|tanname= Windows 2.0-tan
	\|image= ~~Win2-tan.png~~		\|image=

	\|cname= 2.0-~~chan~~		\|cname= Windows 2.0-tan
	\|alias= ~~N/A~~		\|alias= 2.0-chan
		⚫	\|debut= Sep 2006
	\|creator= [[User:Aurora Borealis\|Aurora Borealis]], [[User:Bella\|Bella]] and [[User:C-Chan\|C-Chan]]
			\|height= 127 cm (4'2")
⚫	\|debut= ~~Unkonwn~~
			\|haircolor= black
			\|eyecolor= blue
			\|apfaction= [[Binteeji Renmei]]
			\|lineage= [[Win9x\|DOS/Win9x]]

	\|osper= Windows 2.0		\|osper= Windows 2.0
	\|osdev= Microsoft		\|osdev= Microsoft
	\|reldate= ~~November~~ 1, 1987		\|reldate= 1 Nov 1987
	\|lastrel= v2.03 (~~November of~~ 1987)		\|lastrel= v2.03 (Nov 1987)

	\|fnote=		\|fnote=
	}}		}}
⚫	'''Windows 2.0-tan''' (2.0たん) is one of the least common Windows personifications. She personifies Windows 2.0, which was a version of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface-based operating environment that superseded Windows 1.0. It was Microsoft's second attempt to implement a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based operating environment on the PC platform.

			===Technical Details===
⚫	Despite the popularity of Windows-based OS-tans, there are considerably few renditions of Windows OSes prior to version 3.1. One possible reason for this omission can be traced to the perception of Windows 3.1 as marking the beginning of Microsoft Windows' rise to dominance (hence, the origin of the Windows family), and thus delegating versions 1.0 and 2.0 as simply younger facets of the more memorable version 3.1. Therefore, only a handful of designs that can be confirmed by OSC to exist, all of which share similar-enough traits to be considered as a single character rendition.
		⚫	'''Windows 2.0-tan''' (2.0たん) is one of the least common Windows personifications. She personifies Windows 2.0, which was a version of the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface-based operating environment that superseded [[Windows 1.0]]. It was Microsoft's second attempt to implement a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based operating environment on the PC platform.

			===Character Details===
		⚫	Despite the popularity of Windows-based OS-tans, there are considerably few renditions of Windows OSes prior to version 3.1. One possible reason for this omission can be traced to the perception of [[Windows 3.1]] as marking the beginning of Microsoft Windows' rise to dominance (hence, the origin of the Windows family), and thus delegating versions 1.0 and 2.0 as simply younger facets of the more memorable version 3.1. Therefore, only a handful of designs that can be confirmed by OSC to exist, all of which share similar-enough traits to be considered as a single character rendition.

	Windows 2.0-tan, the daughter of Windows 1.0-tan, is depicted as a young girl of about 7 or 8 years old but uncharacteristically-skilled in masonry (a reference to her setting the foundation for Microsoft's future success). She has bright blue eyes, short black hair, and wears a large white hairband tied in the front with ends in the shape of a 2.0. She wears a simple blue grade-school uniform with long lavender socks and black strapped shoes, and given her masonry profession she can also be seen wearing orange rawhide gloves.		Windows 2.0-tan, the daughter of Windows 1.0-tan, is depicted as a young girl of about 7 or 8 years old but uncharacteristically-skilled in masonry (a reference to her setting the foundation for Microsoft's future success). She has bright blue eyes, short black hair, and wears a large white hairband tied in the front with ends in the shape of a 2.0. She wears a simple blue grade-school uniform with long lavender socks and black strapped shoes, and given her masonry profession she can also be seen wearing orange rawhide gloves.

	Unlike Windows 1.0-tan, 2.0-tan has a level of maturity that belies her physical age, and is fully aware of her surroundings as well as the actions and intents of others. Nearly all but Windows 3.1-tan are unaware of her existence, yet Windows 2.0-tan has the most reliable and complete knowledge of the true Windows family tree -- surpassing even the recollections of MSDOS-tan, PCDOS-tan and OS/2-tan given her former favorable position with Father. Her exile, along with her mother 1.0-tan, were in part due to her unwillingness (and technical inability) to adapt to the aggressive tactics commonplace during the commercial OS Wars. This banishment, preceded by the original dissolution of her IBM/Microsoft family and followed by years of hardship as a Wanderer, have done little to affect her shy and demure disposition, but have done irreparable damage to her trusting spirit and optimistic outlook on life. By all accounts, the present-day Windows 2.0-tan can be accurately described as psychologically-scarred.		Unlike Windows 1.0-tan, 2.0-tan has a level of maturity that belies her physical age, and is fully aware of her surroundings as well as the actions and intents of others. Nearly all but Windows 3.1-tan are unaware of her existence, yet Windows 2.0-tan has the most reliable and complete knowledge of the true Windows family tree -- surpassing even the recollections of [[MSDOS\| MSDOS-tan]], [[PCDOS\| PCDOS-tan]] and [[OS2\| OS/2-tan]] given her former favorable position with Father. Her exile, along with her mother 1.0-tan, were in part due to her unwillingness (and technical inability) to adapt to the aggressive tactics commonplace during the commercial OS Wars. This banishment, preceded by the original dissolution of her IBM/Microsoft family and followed by years of hardship as a Wanderer, have done little to affect her shy and demure disposition, but have done irreparable damage to her trusting spirit and optimistic outlook on life. By all accounts, the present-day Windows 2.0-tan can be accurately described as psychologically-scarred.

	She and her mother 1.0-tan currently reside with other Vintage OS-tans, far away from their legitimate family. She works hard to become a valuable and loyal member of this newfound family, albeit often at the cost of her health.		She and her mother 1.0-tan currently reside with other Vintage OS-tans, far away from their legitimate family. She works hard to become a valuable and loyal member of this newfound family, albeit often at the cost of her health.


	See also:		See also:

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	\|tanname= Windows 2.0-tan		\|tanname= Windows 2.0-tan
	\|image= Win2-tan.png		\|image= Win2-tan.png