Thanks for the reminder from #NewtonTalk:

"Twenty seven years ago today, Newton OS 2.0 received the “Mobility Award for System Software” at the Mobile Insights ’96 conference … beating out other contenders including Microsoft Windows 95, General Magic’s Magic Cap, and Geoworks’ Geos."

https://web.archive.org/web/19990116223337/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1996/q2/960304.pr.rel.newton.html