From Windows as a GUI over DOS to DOS-less NT, then later XP, and onwards to Vista, this product has basically merged the MSDOS kernel into the GUI, mostly to inculcate the "point-and-click" mindset first fostered with Apple Mac.
However, development of the X Window System happened independently of the influence of Xerox Alto on Mac OS, and Microsoft's license of certain aspects of Macintosh user interface from Apple.
Then through aggressive marketing, Windows came to dominance.
In response, Mac OS became Unix-like in 1999 with the release of OS X.
References:
History of Mac OS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS
History of Mac OS X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS_X
History of Microsoft Windows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows
History of X-Window System: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System#History
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