Aurora Systems International

Aurora Systems International is a software and hardware company from Europe that develops operating systems and other software for personal and business use.
== History ==
Aurora Systems International was founded in 1987 in Europe as a software-only company. At the time Aurora developed small OSes for RiSC and CiSC business computers. In 1989 they started developing an in-house kernel which ended up serving as the base for their 1991 Orion OS which was a rival to the new Microsoft's Windows (at the time version 2.1) since both used a Graphical User Interface.
Aurora ended up developing Orion OS until 2000 as the kernel and codebase was starting to show it's age and Microsoft was pushing their new kernel Windows NT to the public with Windows XP releasing in 2001 using the new kernel.
In 2000 Aurora decided to create a subsidiary in Lyon, France consisting of the main developers that worked on Orion OS Kernel to create a new OS called Lightwave, this time, for personal computers only. The subsidiary was named Luminary Labs. They went on to create a new kernel that was somewhat based on Orion named Fusion, with Aurora developing the CPU architecture to be used with Fusion called Nexus. Fusion kernel was supposed to run with 2 CPUs in parallel boosting performance and improving system stability. Aurora was then responsible to create the hardware to run Lightwave and distribute it. Aurora made a partnership with Circuit City to sell the hardware and software on the USA as well. Lightwave sold in the USA came with the Circuit City logo on the bootscreen.
In 2004, Aurora decided to develop a new kernel and architecture both being called [[InterLink]]. This new project would be the base for their next OS, [[Lumina]] which was intended to be released with PCs also made by Aurora. The first ever PC released with Lumina was Aurora VIT, which was a computer directed to both business and personal use with advanced security features.
== Operating Systems ==
Name 	Developer 	Seller	Timeline 	Initial Release 	Last Version Released
Orion OS 	Aurora 	Aurora	1989-2000 	1.1.4 (1991) 	4.5.0 (1999)
Lightwave 	Luminary Labs	Aurora (Europe)
Circuit City (USA)	2000-2008 	[[Lightwave Alps]] (2001)	Lightwave Linear (2008?)
[[Lumina]]	Aurora 	Aurora (Europe)
Circuit City (USA)	2004-2008?	Lumina for VIT PCs (2006)	Unknown
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