Microsoft vs Apple: The History of Computing

VS Microsoft Apple The History of Computing MARKETSHARE AS OF MAY 2011 0.8% Windows 7 5.1% 8.3% Windows Vista 36.5% Windows 2003 Windows XP 40.7% Linux 7.1% OSX Mobile 0.9% Native Internet Browser Market Share Smartphone OS Market Share Mp3 Player Market Share IE 48% Windows 10% Microsoft 1% Safari 5% iOS 27% Apple 76% Timeline Date of Apple and Microsoft reras SEAIET.O,81 a0es.o.,81C 88c 08 19840,eaaAeia8 180 PAS.O.SSA8TEOC 8 2.0.8TSTeEal r.O.18T80818 58.0.TA88 S.O.ISICIƏ 0.0.e880Ae8E 11/1/1984 Stock Value Apple pays $2.5 million to buy every advertising page in a post-election edition of Newsweek, promoting their first Macintosh NA $25.12 computer 10 S/1/1985 12 Apple licenses PostScript from Adobe, combining this with their LaserWriter Adobe PostScript 1985 Stock Value printers made Macintosh the defacto computer for the desktop publishing industry. NA 6/3/1985 Stock Value S17.37 Apple lays off 1,200 employees. NA 4 $18.00 9/17/1985 Stock Value Steve Jobs officially resigns from apple. Bad blood and lawsuits ensue. $15.25 10/24/1905 Stock Value Apple signs a contract allowing Microsoft to use some Macintosh GUI NA 10 Stock Value elements S18.37 NA 12 11/20/1905 $18.37 MCROSOFT. Microsoft Releases 1986 Stock Value Windows 1.0 NA 4 $23.12 1/2/1986 Steve Jobs agrees Stock Value not to build computers competitive with Apple in exchange for lawsuits being dropped, buys Pixar from George Lucas for less than $10 million and starts NeXT (later renamed A $27.50 $24.75 6. 8. NeXT Computer, Inc.) Stock Value 19 3/13/1986 Microsoft stock goes public at $21 per share, rising to $27.5 $49.75 10 $49.75 11 MCROSOFT WINDOWS by close. 12 11/3/1986 Stock Value 1987 The Apple IIgs is released, price set at $999 I S73.12 $55.50 1/2/1987 Stock Value Apple introduces the Mac II I $46.25 4 $35.00 12/9/1987 OS 21 S2 OS 2 Microsoft releases OS 2 Windows 2.0 and Os/2 Stock Value 1988 3/1/1988 Apple sues Microsoft for stealing GUI elements not included in their previous agreement, such as mac-like icons A $56.50 MICRO SOFT $40.00 12 Stock Value 1989 8/1/1989 $58.75 Microsoft releases the first Office Suite $44.50 Office 12 Stock Value 1990 5/22/1990 A S71.50 Microsoft announces Windows 3.0 and later releases the Windows SDK allowing anyone to develop applications to run in the Windows OS K $41.38 3. WNKMS Stock Value 7/25/1990 On their 15th anniversary Microsoft becomes the first PC company to exceed $1 billion in revenue with $1.16 Billion. $71.50 1 Billion 10 4 $42.25 11 in revenue wh on 12 Stock Value 1991 10/1/1991 I $93.87 Microsoft releases Multimedia Extensions 1.0 for Win3.0 introducing support for CD-ROM and Sound Cards 4 $51.50 Apple introduces the Mac PowerBook after forming an allegiance with IBM and Motorola Stock Value 1992 si18.50 3/1/1992 Microsat Microsoft kicks off its first-ever television advertising campaign. 4 $58.25 Stock Value 4/6/1992 A $121.25 E S60.75 Stock Value Microsoft ships Windows3.1 which (along with 3.0) sells over 10 million copies. A $83.37 3/22/1993 Microsoft announces Microsoft Encarta the first multimedia Encarta encyclopedia designed for a 1993 Stock Value $52.25 computer. I S89.00 4/14/1993 Microsoft reports over 25 million licensed Windows users, making it the most popular GUI in the world. 5/24/1993 E $48.75 Stock Value Stock Value Microsoft launches Windows NT (their first Os marketed exclusively for professional use) I $92.12 A S75.12 E $57.63 E $26.50 8/2/1993 Apple releases the first PDA (Newton MessagePad), but the handwriting recognition failed to live up to the hype Stock Value 1994 I S83.87 E $38.13 3/14/1994 Stock Value Apple releases the first Power Macintosh computers (6100, 7100, 8100) A $51.63 Stock Value 6/1/1994 * $26.50 Apple releases System 7.5 I $51.50 7/1/1994 Apple starts licensing the Macos to companies wanting to build clones $33.69 Stock Value 1995 9/19/1994 $56.88 Stock Value After four years Apple loses lawsuit against Microsoft and HP for copyright infringement of specific GUI elements 4 $35.50 A $96.12 Microsoft Releases 8/24/1995 Windows 95,sells over 1 million copies in just 4 days. Internet Explorer is offered for free shortly after 12 K $45.75 Stock Value 1996 A $105.25 4/16/1996 Microsoft releases MSSQL 6.5 with built-in support for Internet Applications E $25.87 SOL Server Stock Value 10 10/1/1996 Apple releases System 7.5.5 Stock Value I S82.62 E $20.87 12/2/1996 $137.25 1997 Ne Apple takes over NEXT XT Computer, Inc. for $430 million A $23.00 1/24/1997 Apple releases Macos 7.6 Stock Value 1/26/1997 Stock Value Thanks to the acquisition NeXT Steve Jobs returns to Apple S121.50 I $95.94 4/1/1997 Microsoft buys WebTV for $425million E $17.00 webtv A $16.87 6/2/1997 Stock Value Apple announces $740 million loss for the second quarter A $126.37 7/1/1997 4 $14.25 Gil Amelio resigns as president and CEO of APPLE Stock Value I $141.38 7/22/1997 MacOs8 Apple releases Macos 8 * $17.50 8/1/1997 Stock Value Steve Jobs becomes defacto head of Apple and announces product and technology development agreement between Apple and Microsoft A S132.19 L: $21.75 Apple begins buying back all /2/1997 licenses from Mac-clone manufacturers Stock Value 10/1/1997 The Justice Department prohibits Microsoft from forcing IE as the Windows exclusive Internet browser A $132.31 E $21.69 Stock Value 11/10/1997 Apple releases $130.19 the Power Macintosh G3 and the online Apple Store, both becoming and instant success Stock Value $18.69 1998 1/7/1998 Apple officially returns to profitability with $47 million profit in the first quarter. S130.00 $17.03 Stock Value Apple drops all non profitable 2/27/1998 divisions, including the Newton PDA (which cost Apple more than $500 million) I s129.56 Stock Value 4 S17.50 5/1/1998 $84.75 Apple announces the PowerBook G3 and iMac E $23.62 Stock Value 6/25/1998 $84.81 Microsoft releases Windows 98 Windows8 Stock Value $26.62 7/1/1998 Apple announces three profitable quarters in a row s101.56 0/15/1998 Apple releases the PowerBook G3 and the IMac which becomes the fastest selling PC in history $28,56 Stock Value 9. I S104.25 Stock Value 10/15/1998 8. $40.50 A s109.94 Apple releases MacoS 8.5 11 $34,63 Mac0585 Stock Value I s105.44 1999 8/31/1999 Apple receives over 140,000 pre-orders for it's recently announced iBook, and announces the Power Macintosh G4 which, due to its speed, was classified as a weapon by the US government $36.63 Stock Value $92.56 $65.25 Stock Value I $91.56 11/5/1999 Apple releases MacoS 9 Stock Value E s88.31 2000 A sil1.44 Microsoft acquires 1/7/2000 E $99.50 A Visio Visio (largest acquisition in MS's history) Stock Value 2/17/2000 $99.62 Microsoft releases Windows 2000 E s114.87 Windows0 Stock Value 4/20/2000 Mierosoft releases Pocket PC 2000, the first Windows Mobile operating system which included some basic pocket pc phones I S78.94 Stock Value E si18.87 I S65.81 80 9/14/2000 E $56.86 Microsoft releases Windows ME Stock Value WindowsMe 10 A $59.88 11 12/5/2000 Apple announces an estimated loss of $259 million for the first quarter of 2001, their first quarterly loss in three years $17.00 2001 3/24/2001 Apple releases Macos X 4/18/2001 Apple announces a quarterly profit of $43 million with OSx generating $19 million in sales. Also Apple announces having sold their 5 millionth iMac, making it the most successful PC in history. Stock Value $56.56 A $23.00 5/1/2001 Apple releases the new iBook with a white plastic Stock Value case I S65.43 5/31/2001 Stock Value $22.79 Microsoft releases Windows XP which ships with the most hated browser of all Windows time: Internet Explorer 6 I S69.18 E $19.95 9/25/2001 Apple releases Stock Value MacoS X 10.1 (Puma) $51.30 10/1/2001 E $15.54 Microsoft releases Pocket PC 2002, their first OS to power Smartphones Stock Value 10/23/2001 Apple announces the iPod (it first ships on November 10th), along with iTunes 2 S58.15 $17.56 11/15/2001 Stock Value A $66.12 Microsoft releases the Xbox E $19.45 Stock Value I S66.25 12/4/2001 Apple releases Final Cut Pro 3 (and Macos 9.2.2) Fnal Cat Pros $21.90 2002 Stock Value 4/29/2002 I S52.24 Apple releases the eMac aimed at the education market $23.96 Stock Value 7/17/2002 A $52.00 E $15.63 Apple releases the LCD IMac 17", 20 GB iPod, iTunes 3 and Macos x 10.2 (which it charged $129 for) Stock Value 8/13/2002 Apple releases a new revision of the G4, now shipping with two CPUS in all configurations A $47.06 s0 $14.59 Stock Value 2003 1/28/2003 A $48.82 Apple releases the 20" Cinema Display 4 $14.58 4/24/2001 Stock Value Windows NET Server 2003 Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 A S24.92 4/20/2003 Apple announces new iPods and iTunes 4 which includes an online music store with 200,000 songs for $0.99 each $13.24 Stock Value A $25.75 6/23/2003 Microsoft announces Windows Mobile; their Mobile updated mobile PC smartphone os L: $19.06 Stock Value $28.84 9/8/2003 Apple announces it has sold over 10 million songs on iTunes $22.74 Stock Value 10/16/2003 $29.23 Apple releases iTunes 4.1 with compatibility for Windows PCs $23.25 Stock Value 11/18/2003 Apple introduces a 20" flat-panel iMac and releases MacoS X 10.3 updates for its professional software, such as Final Cut Pro A $25.15 $20.41 Stock Value 2004 1/6/2004 Apple releases Garageband and celebrates its 20 year anniversary of the Macintosh $28.24 %2422.09 Stock Value 7/12/2004 Apple announces over 100 million songs downloaded making iTunes the most successful legal only music download service on the market $27.89 E $29.14 2005 Stock Value 4/29/2005 I $25.80 Apple releases OSx Tiger (MacOS X 10.4) $39.76 Stock Value A $27.91 11/22/2005 E $66.52 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Stock Value XBOX 360 2006 1/3/2006 I $28.15 4 $75.51 Apple releases the MacBook Pro Stock Value 11/14/2006 Microsoft launches Zune, their attempt at a portable music device I $29.23 $85.00 2007 1/9/2007 Stock Value Apple introduces the world to the iPhone A $29.96 E $92.57 1/30/2007 Microsoft launches Windows Vista Stock Value $33.60 10/26/2007 Apple releases OSX Leopard (MacoS X 10.5) * s182.22 2008 Stock Value $25.25 7/11/2008 E $172.58 Apple releases the iPhone 3G Stock Value $24.65 2009 8/28/2009 4 $168.21 Apple releases OSx Snow Leopard (MacoS X 10.6) Stock Value 10/22/2009 E S26.59 Microsoft launches Windows 7 E $205.20 Windows 7 2010 Stock Value 1/27/2010 I $29.67 Apple announces the iPad * $207.88 Stock Value 6/7/2010 S25.29 Apple announces the iPhone 4 E $250.94 11/8/2010 Stock Value Microsoft launches the Windows Phone 7 I S26.81 $318.62 2011 2/2/2011 Stock Value $26.58 Apple announces the iPad 2 E $353.21 6/6/2011 Stock Value Apple announces OSX Lion, ioss and iCloud, Apple's first major push OSX Lion into cloud computing. $24.01 A $338.04 Microsoft and Apple Market Cap ($=Billion) $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 Microsoft and Apple Historical Stock Prices $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 ह Manolution www.man olution.com Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index php?id=53 http://www.thoep.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company. htm http://ca finance yahoo.com VS Microsoft Apple The History of Computing MARKETSHARE AS OF MAY 2011 0.8% Windows 7 5.1% 8.3% Windows Vista 36.5% Windows 2003 Windows XP 40.7% Linux 7.1% OSX Mobile 0.9% Native Internet Browser Market Share Smartphone OS Market Share Mp3 Player Market Share IE 48% Windows 10% Microsoft 1% Safari 5% iOS 27% Apple 76% Timeline Date of Apple and Microsoft reras SEAIET.O,81 a0es.o.,81C 88c 180 PAS.O.SSA8TEOC 8 2.0.8TSTeEal r.O.18T80818 58.0.TA88 S.O.ISICIƏ 11/1/1984 Stock Value Apple pays $2.5 million to buy every advertising page in a post-election edition of Newsweek, promoting their first Macintosh NA $25.12 computer 10 S/1/1985 12 Apple licenses PostScript from Adobe, combining this with their LaserWriter Adobe PostScript 1985 Stock Value printers made Macintosh the defacto computer for the desktop publishing industry. NA 6/3/1985 Stock Value S17.37 3 Apple lays off 1,200 employees. NA 4 $18.00 9/17/1985 Stock Value Steve Jobs officially resigns from apple. Bad blood and lawsuits ensue. $15.25 10/24/1905 Stock Value Apple signs a contract allowing Microsoft to use some Macintosh GUI NA 10 Stock Value elements S18.37 NA 12 11/20/1905 $18.37 MCROSOFT. Microsoft Releases 1986 Stock Value Windows 1.0 NA 4 $23.12 1/2/1986 Steve Jobs agrees Stock Value not to build computers competitive with Apple in exchange for lawsuits being dropped, buys Pixar from George Lucas for less than $10 million and starts NeXT (later renamed A $27.50 $24.75 6. NeXT Computer, Inc.) Stock Value 19 3/13/1986 Microsoft stock goes public at $21 per share, rising to $27.5 $49.75 10 $49.75 11 MCROSOFT WINDOWS by close. 12 11/3/1986 Stock Value 1987 The Apple IIgs is released, price set at $999 I S73.12 $55.50 1/2/1987 Stock Value Apple introduces the Mac II I $46.25 4 $35.00 12/9/1987 OS 21 Microsoft releases OS 2 OS 2 Windows 2.0 and Os/2 Stock Value 1988 3/1/1988 Apple sues Microsoft for stealing GUI elements not included in their previous agreement, such as mac-like icons A $56.50 MICRO SOFT $40.00 12 Stock Value 1989 8/1/1989 $58.75 Microsoft releases the first Office Suite $44.50 Office 12 Stock Value 1990 5/22/1990 A S71.50 Microsoft announces Windows 3.0 and later releases the Windows SDK allowing anyone to develop applications to run in the Windows OS K $41.38 M WNKMS 3. Stock Value 7/25/1990 On their 15th anniversary Microsoft becomes the first PC company to exceed $1 billion in revenue with $1.16 Billion. $71.50 1 Billion 10 4 $42.25 11 in revenue wh on 12 Stock Value 1991 10/1/1991 I $93.87 Microsoft releases Multimedia Extensions 1.0 for Win3.0 introducing support for CD-ROM and Sound Cards 4 $51.50 Apple introduces the Mac PowerBook after forming an allegiance with IBM and Motorola Stock Value 1992 si18.50 3/1/1992 Microsat Microsoft kicks off its first-ever television advertising campaign. 4 $58.25 Stock Value 4/6/1992 A $121.25 E S60.75 Stock Value Microsoft ships Windows3.1 which (along with 3.0) sells over 10 million copies. A $83.37 3/22/1993 Microsoft announces Microsoft Encarta the first multimedia Encarta encyclopedia designed for a 1993 Stock Value $52.25 computer. I S89.00 4/14/1993 Microsoft reports over 25 million licensed Windows users, making it the most popular GUI in the world. 5/24/1993 E $48.75 Stock Value Stock Value Microsoft launches Windows NT (their first Os marketed exclusively for professional use) I $92.12 A S75.12 E $57.63 E $26.50 8/2/1993 Apple releases the first PDA (Newton MessagePad), but the handwriting recognition failed to live up to the hype Stock Value 1994 I S83.87 E $38.13 3/14/1994 Stock Value Apple releases the first Power Macintosh computers (6100, 7100, 8100) A $51.63 Stock Value 6/1/1994 * $26.50 Apple releases System 7.5 I $51.50 7/1/1994 Apple starts licensing the Macos to companies wanting to build clones $33.69 Stock Value 1995 9/19/1994 $56.88 Stock Value After four years Apple loses lawsuit against Microsoft and HP for copyright infringement of specific GUI elements 4 $35.50 A $96.12 Microsoft Releases 8/24/1995 Windows 95,sells over 1 million copies in just 4 days. Internet Explorer is offered for free shortly after 12 K $45.75 Stock Value 1996 A $105.25 4/16/1996 Microsoft releases MSSQL 6.5 with built-in support for Internet Applications E $25.87 SOL Server Stock Value 10 10/1/1996 Apple releases System 7.5.5 Stock Value I S82.62 E $20.87 12/2/1996 $137.25 1997 Ne Apple takes over NEXT XT Computer, Inc. for $430 million A $23.00 1/24/1997 Apple releases Macos 7.6 Stock Value 1/26/1997 Stock Value Thanks to the acquisition NeXT Steve Jobs returns to Apple S121.50 I $95.94 4/1/1997 Microsoft buys WebTV for $425million E $17.00 webtv A $16.87 6/2/1997 Stock Value Apple announces $740 million loss for the second quarter A $126.37 7/1/1997 4 $14.25 Gil Amelio resigns as president and CEO of APPLE Stock Value I $141.38 7/22/1997 MacOs8 Apple releases Macos 8 * $17.50 8/1/1997 Stock Value Steve Jobs becomes defacto head of Apple and announces product and technology development agreement between Apple and Microsoft A S132.19 L: $21.75 Apple begins buying back all /2/1997 licenses from Mac-clone manufacturers Stock Value 10/1/1997 The Justice Department prohibits Microsoft from forcing IE as the Windows exclusive Internet browser A $132.31 E $21.69 Stock Value 11/10/1997 Apple releases $130.19 the Power Macintosh G3 and the online Apple Store, both becoming and instant success Stock Value $18.69 1998 1/7/1998 Apple officially returns to profitability with $47 million profit in the first quarter. S130.00 $17.03 Stock Value Apple drops all non profitable 2/27/1998 divisions, including the Newton PDA (which cost Apple more than $500 million) I s129.56 Stock Value 4 S17.50 5/1/1998 $84.75 Apple announces the PowerBook G3 and iMac E $23.62 Stock Value 6/25/1998 $84.81 Microsoft releases Windows 98 Windows8 Stock Value $26.62 7/1/1998 Apple announces three profitable quarters in a row s101.56 0/15/1998 Apple releases the PowerBook G3 and the IMac which becomes the fastest selling PC in history $28,56 Stock Value 9. I S104.25 Stock Value 10/15/1998 8. $40.50 A s109.94 Apple releases MacoS 8.5 11 $34,63 Mac0585 Stock Value I s105.44 1999 8/31/1999 Apple receives over 140,000 pre-orders for it's recently announced iBook, and announces the Power Macintosh G4 which, due to its speed, was classified as a weapon by the US government $36.63 Stock Value $92.56 $65.25 Stock Value I $91.56 11/5/1999 Apple releases MacoS 9 Stock Value E s88.31 2000 A sil1.44 Microsoft acquires 1/7/2000 E $99.50 A Visio Visio (largest acquisition in MS's history) Stock Value 2/17/2000 $99.62 Microsoft releases Windows 2000 E s114.87 Windows0 Stock Value 4/20/2000 Mierosoft releases Pocket PC 2000, the first Windows Mobile operating system which included some basic pocket pc phones I S78.94 Stock Value E si18.87 I S65.81 9/14/2000 E $56.86 Microsoft releases Windows ME Stock Value WindowsMe 10 A $59.88 11 12/5/2000 Apple announces an estimated loss of $259 million for the first quarter of 2001, their first quarterly loss in three years $17.00 2001 3/24/2001 Apple releases Macos X 4/18/2001 Apple announces a quarterly profit of $43 million with OSx generating $19 million in sales. Also Apple announces having sold their 5 millionth iMac, making it the most successful PC in history. Stock Value $56.56 A $23.00 5/1/2001 Apple releases the new iBook with a white plastic Stock Value case I S65.43 5/31/2001 Stock Value $22.79 Microsoft releases Windows XP which ships with the most hated browser of all Windows time: Internet Explorer 6 I S69.18 E $19.95 9/25/2001 Apple releases Stock Value MacoS X 10.1 (Puma) $51.30 10/1/2001 E $15.54 Microsoft releases Pocket PC 2002, their first OS to power Smartphones Stock Value 10/23/2001 Apple announces the iPod (it first ships on November 10th), along with iTunes 2 S58.15 $17.56 11/15/2001 Stock Value A $66.12 Microsoft releases the Xbox X XBOX E $19.45 Stock Value I S66.25 12/4/2001 Apple releases Final Cut Pro 3 (and Macos 9.2.2) Fnal Cat Pros $21.90 2002 Stock Value 4/29/2002 I S52.24 Apple releases the eMac aimed at the education market $23.96 Stock Value 7/17/2002 A $52.00 E $15.63 Apple releases the LCD IMac 17", 20 GB iPod, iTunes 3 and Macos x 10.2 (which it charged $129 for) Stock Value 8/13/2002 Apple releases a new revision of the G4, now shipping with two CPUS in all configurations A $47.06 s0 $14.59 Stock Value 2003 1/28/2003 A $48.82 Apple releases the 20" Cinema Display 4 $14.58 4/24/2001 Stock Value Windows NET Server 2003 Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 A S24.92 4/20/2003 3 Apple announces new iPods and iTunes 4 which includes an online music store with 200,000 songs for $0.99 each $13.24 Stock Value A $25.75 6/23/2003 Microsoft announces Windows Mobile; their Mobile updated mobile PC smartphone os L: $19.06 Stock Value $28.84 9/8/2003 Apple announces it has sold over 10 million songs on iTunes $22.74 Stock Value 10/16/2003 $29.23 Apple releases iTunes 4.1 with compatibility for Windows PCs $23.25 Stock Value 11/18/2003 Apple introduces a 20" flat-panel iMac and releases MacoS X 10.3 updates for its professional software, such as Final Cut Pro A $25.15 $20.41 Stock Value 2004 1/6/2004 Apple releases Garageband and celebrates its 20 year anniversary of the Macintosh $28.24 %2422.09 Stock Value 7/12/2004 Apple announces over 100 million songs downloaded making iTunes the most successful legal only music download service on the market $27.89 E $29.14 2005 Stock Value 4/29/2005 I $25.80 Apple releases OSx Tiger (MacOS X 10.4) $39.76 Stock Value A $27.91 11/22/2005 E $66.52 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Stock Value XBOX 360 2006 1/3/2006 I $28.15 4 $75.51 Apple releases the MacBook Pro Stock Value 11/14/2006 Microsoft launches Zune, their attempt at a portable music device I $29.23 $85.00 2007 1/9/2007 ODO Stock Value Apple introduces the world to the iPhone A $29.96 E $92.57 1/30/2007 Microsoft launches Windows Vista Stock Value $33.60 10/26/2007 Apple releases OSX Leopard (MacoS X 10.5) * s182.22 2008 Stock Value $25.25 7/11/2008 E $172.58 Apple releases the iPhone 3G Stock Value $24.65 2009 8/28/2009 4 $168.21 Apple releases OSx Snow Leopard (MacoS X 10.6) Stock Value 10/22/2009 E S26.59 Microsoft launches Windows 7 E $205.20 Windows 7 2010 Stock Value 1/27/2010 I $29.67 Apple announces the iPad * $207.88 Stock Value 6/7/2010 S25.29 Apple announces the iPhone 4 E $250.94 11/8/2010 Stock Value Microsoft launches the Windows Phone 7 I S26.81 $318.62 2011 2/2/2011 Stock Value $26.58 Apple announces the iPad 2 E $353.21 6/6/2011 Stock Value Apple announces OSX Lion, ioss and iCloud, Apple's first major push OSX Lion into cloud computing. $24.01 A $338.04 Microsoft and Apple Market Cap ($=Billion) $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 Microsoft and Apple Historical Stock Prices $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 ह Manolution www.man olution.com Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index php?id=53 http://www.thoep.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company. htm http://ca finance yahoo.com 周 过 , 过 VS Microsoft Apple The History of Computing MARKETSHARE AS OF MAY 2011 0.8% Windows 7 5.1% 8.3% Windows Vista 36.5% Windows 2003 Windows XP 40.7% Linux 7.1% OSX Mobile 0.9% Native Internet Browser Market Share Smartphone OS Market Share Mp3 Player Market Share IE 48% Windows 10% Microsoft 1% Safari 5% iOS 27% Apple 76% Timeline Date of Apple and Microsoft reras SEAIET.O,81 a0es.o.,81C 88c 180 PAS.O.SSA8TEOC 8 2.0.8TSTeEal r.O.18T80818 58.0.TA88 S.O.ISICIƏ 11/1/1984 Stock Value Apple pays $2.5 million to buy every advertising page in a post-election edition of Newsweek, promoting their first Macintosh NA $25.12 computer 10 S/1/1985 12 Apple licenses PostScript from Adobe, combining this with their LaserWriter Adobe PostScript 1985 Stock Value printers made Macintosh the defacto computer for the desktop publishing industry. NA 6/3/1985 Stock Value S17.37 3 Apple lays off 1,200 employees. NA 4 $18.00 9/17/1985 Stock Value Steve Jobs officially resigns from apple. Bad blood and lawsuits ensue. $15.25 10/24/1905 Stock Value Apple signs a contract allowing Microsoft to use some Macintosh GUI NA 10 Stock Value elements S18.37 NA 12 11/20/1905 $18.37 MCROSOFT. Microsoft Releases 1986 Stock Value Windows 1.0 NA 4 $23.12 1/2/1986 Steve Jobs agrees Stock Value not to build computers competitive with Apple in exchange for lawsuits being dropped, buys Pixar from George Lucas for less than $10 million and starts NeXT (later renamed A $27.50 $24.75 6. NeXT Computer, Inc.) Stock Value 19 3/13/1986 Microsoft stock goes public at $21 per share, rising to $27.5 $49.75 10 $49.75 11 MCROSOFT WINDOWS by close. 12 11/3/1986 Stock Value 1987 The Apple IIgs is released, price set at $999 I S73.12 $55.50 1/2/1987 Stock Value Apple introduces the Mac II I $46.25 4 $35.00 12/9/1987 OS 21 Microsoft releases OS 2 OS 2 Windows 2.0 and Os/2 Stock Value 1988 3/1/1988 Apple sues Microsoft for stealing GUI elements not included in their previous agreement, such as mac-like icons A $56.50 MICRO SOFT $40.00 12 Stock Value 1989 8/1/1989 $58.75 Microsoft releases the first Office Suite $44.50 Office 12 Stock Value 1990 5/22/1990 A S71.50 Microsoft announces Windows 3.0 and later releases the Windows SDK allowing anyone to develop applications to run in the Windows OS K $41.38 M WNKMS 3. Stock Value 7/25/1990 On their 15th anniversary Microsoft becomes the first PC company to exceed $1 billion in revenue with $1.16 Billion. $71.50 1 Billion 10 4 $42.25 11 in revenue wh on 12 Stock Value 1991 10/1/1991 I $93.87 Microsoft releases Multimedia Extensions 1.0 for Win3.0 introducing support for CD-ROM and Sound Cards 4 $51.50 Apple introduces the Mac PowerBook after forming an allegiance with IBM and Motorola Stock Value 1992 si18.50 3/1/1992 Microsat Microsoft kicks off its first-ever television advertising campaign. 4 $58.25 Stock Value 4/6/1992 A $121.25 E S60.75 Stock Value Microsoft ships Windows3.1 which (along with 3.0) sells over 10 million copies. A $83.37 3/22/1993 Microsoft announces Microsoft Encarta the first multimedia Encarta encyclopedia designed for a 1993 Stock Value $52.25 computer. I S89.00 4/14/1993 Microsoft reports over 25 million licensed Windows users, making it the most popular GUI in the world. 5/24/1993 E $48.75 Stock Value Stock Value Microsoft launches Windows NT (their first Os marketed exclusively for professional use) I $92.12 A S75.12 E $57.63 E $26.50 8/2/1993 Apple releases the first PDA (Newton MessagePad), but the handwriting recognition failed to live up to the hype Stock Value 1994 I S83.87 E $38.13 3/14/1994 Stock Value Apple releases the first Power Macintosh computers (6100, 7100, 8100) A $51.63 Stock Value 6/1/1994 * $26.50 Apple releases System 7.5 I $51.50 7/1/1994 Apple starts licensing the Macos to companies wanting to build clones $33.69 Stock Value 1995 9/19/1994 $56.88 Stock Value After four years Apple loses lawsuit against Microsoft and HP for copyright infringement of specific GUI elements 4 $35.50 A $96.12 Microsoft Releases 8/24/1995 Windows 95,sells over 1 million copies in just 4 days. Internet Explorer is offered for free shortly after 12 K $45.75 Stock Value 1996 A $105.25 4/16/1996 Microsoft releases MSSQL 6.5 with built-in support for Internet Applications E $25.87 SOL Server Stock Value 10 10/1/1996 Apple releases System 7.5.5 Stock Value I S82.62 E $20.87 12/2/1996 $137.25 1997 Ne Apple takes over NEXT XT Computer, Inc. for $430 million A $23.00 1/24/1997 Apple releases Macos 7.6 Stock Value 1/26/1997 Stock Value Thanks to the acquisition NeXT Steve Jobs returns to Apple S121.50 I $95.94 4/1/1997 Microsoft buys WebTV for $425million E $17.00 webtv A $16.87 6/2/1997 Stock Value Apple announces $740 million loss for the second quarter A $126.37 7/1/1997 4 $14.25 Gil Amelio resigns as president and CEO of APPLE Stock Value I $141.38 7/22/1997 MacOs8 Apple releases Macos 8 * $17.50 8/1/1997 Stock Value Steve Jobs becomes defacto head of Apple and announces product and technology development agreement between Apple and Microsoft A S132.19 L: $21.75 Apple begins buying back all /2/1997 licenses from Mac-clone manufacturers Stock Value 10/1/1997 The Justice Department prohibits Microsoft from forcing IE as the Windows exclusive Internet browser A $132.31 E $21.69 Stock Value 11/10/1997 Apple releases $130.19 the Power Macintosh G3 and the online Apple Store, both becoming and instant success Stock Value $18.69 1998 1/7/1998 Apple officially returns to profitability with $47 million profit in the first quarter. S130.00 $17.03 Stock Value Apple drops all non profitable 2/27/1998 divisions, including the Newton PDA (which cost Apple more than $500 million) I s129.56 Stock Value 4 S17.50 5/1/1998 $84.75 Apple announces the PowerBook G3 and iMac E $23.62 Stock Value 6/25/1998 $84.81 Microsoft releases Windows 98 Windows8 Stock Value $26.62 7/1/1998 Apple announces three profitable quarters in a row s101.56 0/15/1998 Apple releases the PowerBook G3 and the IMac which becomes the fastest selling PC in history $28,56 Stock Value 9. I S104.25 Stock Value 10/15/1998 8. $40.50 A s109.94 Apple releases MacoS 8.5 11 $34,63 Mac0585 Stock Value I s105.44 1999 8/31/1999 Apple receives over 140,000 pre-orders for it's recently announced iBook, and announces the Power Macintosh G4 which, due to its speed, was classified as a weapon by the US government $36.63 Stock Value $92.56 $65.25 Stock Value I $91.56 11/5/1999 Apple releases MacoS 9 Stock Value E s88.31 2000 A sil1.44 Microsoft acquires 1/7/2000 E $99.50 A Visio Visio (largest acquisition in MS's history) Stock Value 2/17/2000 $99.62 Microsoft releases Windows 2000 E s114.87 Windows0 Stock Value 4/20/2000 Mierosoft releases Pocket PC 2000, the first Windows Mobile operating system which included some basic pocket pc phones I S78.94 Stock Value E si18.87 I S65.81 9/14/2000 E $56.86 Microsoft releases Windows ME Stock Value WindowsMe 10 A $59.88 11 12/5/2000 Apple announces an estimated loss of $259 million for the first quarter of 2001, their first quarterly loss in three years $17.00 2001 3/24/2001 Apple releases Macos X 4/18/2001 Apple announces a quarterly profit of $43 million with OSx generating $19 million in sales. Also Apple announces having sold their 5 millionth iMac, making it the most successful PC in history. Stock Value $56.56 A $23.00 5/1/2001 Apple releases the new iBook with a white plastic Stock Value case I S65.43 5/31/2001 Stock Value $22.79 Microsoft releases Windows XP which ships with the most hated browser of all Windows time: Internet Explorer 6 I S69.18 E $19.95 9/25/2001 Apple releases Stock Value MacoS X 10.1 (Puma) $51.30 10/1/2001 E $15.54 Microsoft releases Pocket PC 2002, their first OS to power Smartphones Stock Value 10/23/2001 Apple announces the iPod (it first ships on November 10th), along with iTunes 2 S58.15 $17.56 11/15/2001 Stock Value A $66.12 Microsoft releases the Xbox X XBOX E $19.45 Stock Value I S66.25 12/4/2001 Apple releases Final Cut Pro 3 (and Macos 9.2.2) Fnal Cat Pros $21.90 2002 Stock Value 4/29/2002 I S52.24 Apple releases the eMac aimed at the education market $23.96 Stock Value 7/17/2002 A $52.00 E $15.63 Apple releases the LCD IMac 17", 20 GB iPod, iTunes 3 and Macos x 10.2 (which it charged $129 for) Stock Value 8/13/2002 Apple releases a new revision of the G4, now shipping with two CPUS in all configurations A $47.06 s0 $14.59 Stock Value 2003 1/28/2003 A $48.82 Apple releases the 20" Cinema Display 4 $14.58 4/24/2001 Stock Value Windows NET Server 2003 Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 A S24.92 4/20/2003 3 Apple announces new iPods and iTunes 4 which includes an online music store with 200,000 songs for $0.99 each $13.24 Stock Value A $25.75 6/23/2003 Microsoft announces Windows Mobile; their Mobile updated mobile PC smartphone os L: $19.06 Stock Value $28.84 9/8/2003 Apple announces it has sold over 10 million songs on iTunes $22.74 Stock Value 10/16/2003 $29.23 Apple releases iTunes 4.1 with compatibility for Windows PCs $23.25 Stock Value 11/18/2003 Apple introduces a 20" flat-panel iMac and releases MacoS X 10.3 updates for its professional software, such as Final Cut Pro A $25.15 $20.41 Stock Value 2004 1/6/2004 Apple releases Garageband and celebrates its 20 year anniversary of the Macintosh $28.24 %2422.09 Stock Value 7/12/2004 Apple announces over 100 million songs downloaded making iTunes the most successful legal only music download service on the market $27.89 E $29.14 2005 Stock Value 4/29/2005 I $25.80 Apple releases OSx Tiger (MacOS X 10.4) $39.76 Stock Value A $27.91 11/22/2005 E $66.52 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Stock Value XBOX 360 2006 1/3/2006 I $28.15 4 $75.51 Apple releases the MacBook Pro Stock Value 11/14/2006 Microsoft launches Zune, their attempt at a portable music device I $29.23 $85.00 2007 1/9/2007 ODO Stock Value Apple introduces the world to the iPhone A $29.96 E $92.57 1/30/2007 Microsoft launches Windows Vista Stock Value $33.60 10/26/2007 Apple releases OSX Leopard (MacoS X 10.5) * s182.22 2008 Stock Value $25.25 7/11/2008 E $172.58 Apple releases the iPhone 3G Stock Value $24.65 2009 8/28/2009 4 $168.21 Apple releases OSx Snow Leopard (MacoS X 10.6) Stock Value 10/22/2009 E S26.59 Microsoft launches Windows 7 E $205.20 Windows 7 2010 Stock Value 1/27/2010 I $29.67 Apple announces the iPad * $207.88 Stock Value 6/7/2010 S25.29 Apple announces the iPhone 4 E $250.94 11/8/2010 Stock Value Microsoft launches the Windows Phone 7 I S26.81 $318.62 2011 2/2/2011 Stock Value $26.58 Apple announces the iPad 2 E $353.21 6/6/2011 Stock Value Apple announces OSX Lion, ioss and iCloud, Apple's first major push OSX Lion into cloud computing. $24.01 A $338.04 Microsoft and Apple Market Cap ($=Billion) $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 Microsoft and Apple Historical Stock Prices $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 ह Manolution www.man olution.com Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index php?id=53 http://www.thoep.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company. htm http://ca finance yahoo.com 周 过 , 过 VS Microsoft Apple The History of Computing MARKETSHARE AS OF MAY 2011 0.8% Windows 7 5.1% 8.3% Windows Vista 36.5% Windows 2003 Windows XP 40.7% Linux 7.1% OSX Mobile 0.9% Native Internet Browser Market Share Smartphone OS Market Share Mp3 Player Market Share IE 48% Windows 10% Microsoft 1% Safari 5% iOS 27% Apple 76% Timeline Date of Apple and Microsoft reras SEAIET.O,81 a0es.o.,81C 88c 180 PAS.O.SSA8TEOC 8 2.0.8TSTeEal r.O.18T80818 58.0.TA88 S.O.ISICIƏ 11/1/1984 Stock Value Apple pays $2.5 million to buy every advertising page in a post-election edition of Newsweek, promoting their first Macintosh NA $25.12 computer 10 S/1/1985 12 Apple licenses PostScript from Adobe, combining this with their LaserWriter Adobe PostScript 1985 Stock Value printers made Macintosh the defacto computer for the desktop publishing industry. NA 6/3/1985 Stock Value S17.37 3 Apple lays off 1,200 employees. NA 4 $18.00 9/17/1985 Stock Value Steve Jobs officially resigns from apple. Bad blood and lawsuits ensue. $15.25 10/24/1905 Stock Value Apple signs a contract allowing Microsoft to use some Macintosh GUI NA 10 Stock Value elements S18.37 NA 12 11/20/1905 $18.37 MCROSOFT. Microsoft Releases 1986 Stock Value Windows 1.0 NA 4 $23.12 1/2/1986 Steve Jobs agrees Stock Value not to build computers competitive with Apple in exchange for lawsuits being dropped, buys Pixar from George Lucas for less than $10 million and starts NeXT (later renamed A $27.50 $24.75 6. NeXT Computer, Inc.) Stock Value 19 3/13/1986 Microsoft stock goes public at $21 per share, rising to $27.5 $49.75 10 $49.75 11 MCROSOFT WINDOWS by close. 12 11/3/1986 Stock Value 1987 The Apple IIgs is released, price set at $999 I S73.12 $55.50 1/2/1987 Stock Value Apple introduces the Mac II I $46.25 4 $35.00 12/9/1987 OS 21 Microsoft releases OS 2 OS 2 Windows 2.0 and Os/2 Stock Value 1988 3/1/1988 Apple sues Microsoft for stealing GUI elements not included in their previous agreement, such as mac-like icons A $56.50 MICRO SOFT $40.00 12 Stock Value 1989 8/1/1989 $58.75 Microsoft releases the first Office Suite $44.50 Office 12 Stock Value 1990 5/22/1990 A S71.50 Microsoft announces Windows 3.0 and later releases the Windows SDK allowing anyone to develop applications to run in the Windows OS K $41.38 M WNKMS 3. Stock Value 7/25/1990 On their 15th anniversary Microsoft becomes the first PC company to exceed $1 billion in revenue with $1.16 Billion. $71.50 1 Billion 10 4 $42.25 11 in revenue wh on 12 Stock Value 1991 10/1/1991 I $93.87 Microsoft releases Multimedia Extensions 1.0 for Win3.0 introducing support for CD-ROM and Sound Cards 4 $51.50 Apple introduces the Mac PowerBook after forming an allegiance with IBM and Motorola Stock Value 1992 si18.50 3/1/1992 Microsat Microsoft kicks off its first-ever television advertising campaign. 4 $58.25 Stock Value 4/6/1992 A $121.25 E S60.75 Stock Value Microsoft ships Windows3.1 which (along with 3.0) sells over 10 million copies. A $83.37 3/22/1993 Microsoft announces Microsoft Encarta the first multimedia Encarta encyclopedia designed for a 1993 Stock Value $52.25 computer. I S89.00 4/14/1993 Microsoft reports over 25 million licensed Windows users, making it the most popular GUI in the world. 5/24/1993 E $48.75 Stock Value Stock Value Microsoft launches Windows NT (their first Os marketed exclusively for professional use) I $92.12 A S75.12 E $57.63 E $26.50 8/2/1993 Apple releases the first PDA (Newton MessagePad), but the handwriting recognition failed to live up to the hype Stock Value 1994 I S83.87 E $38.13 3/14/1994 Stock Value Apple releases the first Power Macintosh computers (6100, 7100, 8100) A $51.63 Stock Value 6/1/1994 * $26.50 Apple releases System 7.5 I $51.50 7/1/1994 Apple starts licensing the Macos to companies wanting to build clones $33.69 Stock Value 1995 9/19/1994 $56.88 Stock Value After four years Apple loses lawsuit against Microsoft and HP for copyright infringement of specific GUI elements 4 $35.50 A $96.12 Microsoft Releases 8/24/1995 Windows 95,sells over 1 million copies in just 4 days. Internet Explorer is offered for free shortly after 12 K $45.75 Stock Value 1996 A $105.25 4/16/1996 Microsoft releases MSSQL 6.5 with built-in support for Internet Applications E $25.87 SOL Server Stock Value 10 10/1/1996 Apple releases System 7.5.5 Stock Value I S82.62 E $20.87 12/2/1996 $137.25 1997 Ne Apple takes over NEXT XT Computer, Inc. for $430 million A $23.00 1/24/1997 Apple releases Macos 7.6 Stock Value 1/26/1997 Stock Value Thanks to the acquisition NeXT Steve Jobs returns to Apple S121.50 I $95.94 4/1/1997 Microsoft buys WebTV for $425million E $17.00 webtv A $16.87 6/2/1997 Stock Value Apple announces $740 million loss for the second quarter A $126.37 7/1/1997 4 $14.25 Gil Amelio resigns as president and CEO of APPLE Stock Value I $141.38 7/22/1997 MacOs8 Apple releases Macos 8 * $17.50 8/1/1997 Stock Value Steve Jobs becomes defacto head of Apple and announces product and technology development agreement between Apple and Microsoft A S132.19 L: $21.75 Apple begins buying back all /2/1997 licenses from Mac-clone manufacturers Stock Value 10/1/1997 The Justice Department prohibits Microsoft from forcing IE as the Windows exclusive Internet browser A $132.31 E $21.69 Stock Value 11/10/1997 Apple releases $130.19 the Power Macintosh G3 and the online Apple Store, both becoming and instant success Stock Value $18.69 1998 1/7/1998 Apple officially returns to profitability with $47 million profit in the first quarter. S130.00 $17.03 Stock Value Apple drops all non profitable 2/27/1998 divisions, including the Newton PDA (which cost Apple more than $500 million) I s129.56 Stock Value 4 S17.50 5/1/1998 $84.75 Apple announces the PowerBook G3 and iMac E $23.62 Stock Value 6/25/1998 $84.81 Microsoft releases Windows 98 Windows8 Stock Value $26.62 7/1/1998 Apple announces three profitable quarters in a row s101.56 0/15/1998 Apple releases the PowerBook G3 and the IMac which becomes the fastest selling PC in history $28,56 Stock Value 9. I S104.25 Stock Value 10/15/1998 8. $40.50 A s109.94 Apple releases MacoS 8.5 11 $34,63 Mac0585 Stock Value I s105.44 1999 8/31/1999 Apple receives over 140,000 pre-orders for it's recently announced iBook, and announces the Power Macintosh G4 which, due to its speed, was classified as a weapon by the US government $36.63 Stock Value $92.56 $65.25 Stock Value I $91.56 11/5/1999 Apple releases MacoS 9 Stock Value E s88.31 2000 A sil1.44 Microsoft acquires 1/7/2000 E $99.50 A Visio Visio (largest acquisition in MS's history) Stock Value 2/17/2000 $99.62 Microsoft releases Windows 2000 E s114.87 Windows0 Stock Value 4/20/2000 Mierosoft releases Pocket PC 2000, the first Windows Mobile operating system which included some basic pocket pc phones I S78.94 Stock Value E si18.87 I S65.81 9/14/2000 E $56.86 Microsoft releases Windows ME Stock Value WindowsMe 10 A $59.88 11 12/5/2000 Apple announces an estimated loss of $259 million for the first quarter of 2001, their first quarterly loss in three years $17.00 2001 3/24/2001 Apple releases Macos X 4/18/2001 Apple announces a quarterly profit of $43 million with OSx generating $19 million in sales. Also Apple announces having sold their 5 millionth iMac, making it the most successful PC in history. Stock Value $56.56 A $23.00 5/1/2001 Apple releases the new iBook with a white plastic Stock Value case I S65.43 5/31/2001 Stock Value $22.79 Microsoft releases Windows XP which ships with the most hated browser of all Windows time: Internet Explorer 6 I S69.18 E $19.95 9/25/2001 Apple releases Stock Value MacoS X 10.1 (Puma) $51.30 10/1/2001 E $15.54 Microsoft releases Pocket PC 2002, their first OS to power Smartphones Stock Value 10/23/2001 Apple announces the iPod (it first ships on November 10th), along with iTunes 2 S58.15 $17.56 11/15/2001 Stock Value A $66.12 Microsoft releases the Xbox X XBOX E $19.45 Stock Value I S66.25 12/4/2001 Apple releases Final Cut Pro 3 (and Macos 9.2.2) Fnal Cat Pros $21.90 2002 Stock Value 4/29/2002 I S52.24 Apple releases the eMac aimed at the education market $23.96 Stock Value 7/17/2002 A $52.00 E $15.63 Apple releases the LCD IMac 17", 20 GB iPod, iTunes 3 and Macos x 10.2 (which it charged $129 for) Stock Value 8/13/2002 Apple releases a new revision of the G4, now shipping with two CPUS in all configurations A $47.06 s0 $14.59 Stock Value 2003 1/28/2003 A $48.82 Apple releases the 20" Cinema Display 4 $14.58 4/24/2001 Stock Value Windows NET Server 2003 Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 A S24.92 4/20/2003 3 Apple announces new iPods and iTunes 4 which includes an online music store with 200,000 songs for $0.99 each $13.24 Stock Value A $25.75 6/23/2003 Microsoft announces Windows Mobile; their Mobile updated mobile PC smartphone os L: $19.06 Stock Value $28.84 9/8/2003 Apple announces it has sold over 10 million songs on iTunes $22.74 Stock Value 10/16/2003 $29.23 Apple releases iTunes 4.1 with compatibility for Windows PCs $23.25 Stock Value 11/18/2003 Apple introduces a 20" flat-panel iMac and releases MacoS X 10.3 updates for its professional software, such as Final Cut Pro A $25.15 $20.41 Stock Value 2004 1/6/2004 Apple releases Garageband and celebrates its 20 year anniversary of the Macintosh $28.24 %2422.09 Stock Value 7/12/2004 Apple announces over 100 million songs downloaded making iTunes the most successful legal only music download service on the market $27.89 E $29.14 2005 Stock Value 4/29/2005 I $25.80 Apple releases OSx Tiger (MacOS X 10.4) $39.76 Stock Value A $27.91 11/22/2005 E $66.52 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Stock Value XBOX 360 2006 1/3/2006 I $28.15 4 $75.51 Apple releases the MacBook Pro Stock Value 11/14/2006 Microsoft launches Zune, their attempt at a portable music device I $29.23 $85.00 2007 1/9/2007 ODO Stock Value Apple introduces the world to the iPhone A $29.96 E $92.57 1/30/2007 Microsoft launches Windows Vista Stock Value $33.60 10/26/2007 Apple releases OSX Leopard (MacoS X 10.5) * s182.22 2008 Stock Value $25.25 7/11/2008 E $172.58 Apple releases the iPhone 3G Stock Value $24.65 2009 8/28/2009 4 $168.21 Apple releases OSx Snow Leopard (MacoS X 10.6) Stock Value 10/22/2009 E S26.59 Microsoft launches Windows 7 E $205.20 Windows 7 2010 Stock Value 1/27/2010 I $29.67 Apple announces the iPad * $207.88 Stock Value 6/7/2010 S25.29 Apple announces the iPhone 4 E $250.94 11/8/2010 Stock Value Microsoft launches the Windows Phone 7 I S26.81 $318.62 2011 2/2/2011 Stock Value $26.58 Apple announces the iPad 2 E $353.21 6/6/2011 Stock Value Apple announces OSX Lion, ioss and iCloud, Apple's first major push OSX Lion into cloud computing. $24.01 A $338.04 Microsoft and Apple Market Cap ($=Billion) $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 Microsoft and Apple Historical Stock Prices $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 ह Manolution www.man olution.com Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index php?id=53 http://www.thoep.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company. htm http://ca finance yahoo.com 周 过 , 过 VS Microsoft Apple The History of Computing MARKETSHARE AS OF MAY 2011 0.8% Windows 7 5.1% 8.3% Windows Vista 36.5% Windows 2003 Windows XP 40.7% Linux 7.1% OSX Mobile 0.9% Native Internet Browser Market Share Smartphone OS Market Share Mp3 Player Market Share IE 48% Windows 10% Microsoft 1% Safari 5% iOS 27% Apple 76% Timeline Date of Apple and Microsoft reras SEAIET.O,81 a0es.o.,81C 88c 180 PAS.O.SSA8TEOC 8 2.0.8TSTeEal r.O.18T80818 58.0.TA88 S.O.ISICIƏ 11/1/1984 Stock Value Apple pays $2.5 million to buy every advertising page in a post-election edition of Newsweek, promoting their first Macintosh NA $25.12 computer 10 S/1/1985 12 Apple licenses PostScript from Adobe, combining this with their LaserWriter Adobe PostScript 1985 Stock Value printers made Macintosh the defacto computer for the desktop publishing industry. NA 6/3/1985 Stock Value S17.37 3 Apple lays off 1,200 employees. NA 4 $18.00 9/17/1985 Stock Value Steve Jobs officially resigns from apple. Bad blood and lawsuits ensue. $15.25 10/24/1905 Stock Value Apple signs a contract allowing Microsoft to use some Macintosh GUI NA 10 Stock Value elements S18.37 NA 12 11/20/1905 $18.37 MCROSOFT. Microsoft Releases 1986 Stock Value Windows 1.0 NA 4 $23.12 1/2/1986 Steve Jobs agrees Stock Value not to build computers competitive with Apple in exchange for lawsuits being dropped, buys Pixar from George Lucas for less than $10 million and starts NeXT (later renamed A $27.50 $24.75 6. NeXT Computer, Inc.) Stock Value 19 3/13/1986 Microsoft stock goes public at $21 per share, rising to $27.5 $49.75 10 $49.75 11 MCROSOFT WINDOWS by close. 12 11/3/1986 Stock Value 1987 The Apple IIgs is released, price set at $999 I S73.12 $55.50 1/2/1987 Stock Value Apple introduces the Mac II I $46.25 4 $35.00 12/9/1987 OS 21 Microsoft releases OS 2 OS 2 Windows 2.0 and Os/2 Stock Value 1988 3/1/1988 Apple sues Microsoft for stealing GUI elements not included in their previous agreement, such as mac-like icons A $56.50 MICRO SOFT $40.00 12 Stock Value 1989 8/1/1989 $58.75 Microsoft releases the first Office Suite $44.50 Office 12 Stock Value 1990 5/22/1990 A S71.50 Microsoft announces Windows 3.0 and later releases the Windows SDK allowing anyone to develop applications to run in the Windows OS K $41.38 M WNKMS 3. Stock Value 7/25/1990 On their 15th anniversary Microsoft becomes the first PC company to exceed $1 billion in revenue with $1.16 Billion. $71.50 1 Billion 10 4 $42.25 11 in revenue wh on 12 Stock Value 1991 10/1/1991 I $93.87 Microsoft releases Multimedia Extensions 1.0 for Win3.0 introducing support for CD-ROM and Sound Cards 4 $51.50 Apple introduces the Mac PowerBook after forming an allegiance with IBM and Motorola Stock Value 1992 si18.50 3/1/1992 Microsat Microsoft kicks off its first-ever television advertising campaign. 4 $58.25 Stock Value 4/6/1992 A $121.25 E S60.75 Stock Value Microsoft ships Windows3.1 which (along with 3.0) sells over 10 million copies. A $83.37 3/22/1993 Microsoft announces Microsoft Encarta the first multimedia Encarta encyclopedia designed for a 1993 Stock Value $52.25 computer. I S89.00 4/14/1993 Microsoft reports over 25 million licensed Windows users, making it the most popular GUI in the world. 5/24/1993 E $48.75 Stock Value Stock Value Microsoft launches Windows NT (their first Os marketed exclusively for professional use) I $92.12 A S75.12 E $57.63 E $26.50 8/2/1993 Apple releases the first PDA (Newton MessagePad), but the handwriting recognition failed to live up to the hype Stock Value 1994 I S83.87 E $38.13 3/14/1994 Stock Value Apple releases the first Power Macintosh computers (6100, 7100, 8100) A $51.63 Stock Value 6/1/1994 * $26.50 Apple releases System 7.5 I $51.50 7/1/1994 Apple starts licensing the Macos to companies wanting to build clones $33.69 Stock Value 1995 9/19/1994 $56.88 Stock Value After four years Apple loses lawsuit against Microsoft and HP for copyright infringement of specific GUI elements 4 $35.50 A $96.12 Microsoft Releases 8/24/1995 Windows 95,sells over 1 million copies in just 4 days. Internet Explorer is offered for free shortly after 12 K $45.75 Stock Value 1996 A $105.25 4/16/1996 Microsoft releases MSSQL 6.5 with built-in support for Internet Applications E $25.87 SOL Server Stock Value 10 10/1/1996 Apple releases System 7.5.5 Stock Value I S82.62 E $20.87 12/2/1996 $137.25 1997 Ne Apple takes over NEXT XT Computer, Inc. for $430 million A $23.00 1/24/1997 Apple releases Macos 7.6 Stock Value 1/26/1997 Stock Value Thanks to the acquisition NeXT Steve Jobs returns to Apple S121.50 I $95.94 4/1/1997 Microsoft buys WebTV for $425million E $17.00 webtv A $16.87 6/2/1997 Stock Value Apple announces $740 million loss for the second quarter A $126.37 7/1/1997 4 $14.25 Gil Amelio resigns as president and CEO of APPLE Stock Value I $141.38 7/22/1997 MacOs8 Apple releases Macos 8 * $17.50 8/1/1997 Stock Value Steve Jobs becomes defacto head of Apple and announces product and technology development agreement between Apple and Microsoft A S132.19 L: $21.75 Apple begins buying back all /2/1997 licenses from Mac-clone manufacturers Stock Value 10/1/1997 The Justice Department prohibits Microsoft from forcing IE as the Windows exclusive Internet browser A $132.31 E $21.69 Stock Value 11/10/1997 Apple releases $130.19 the Power Macintosh G3 and the online Apple Store, both becoming and instant success Stock Value $18.69 1998 1/7/1998 Apple officially returns to profitability with $47 million profit in the first quarter. S130.00 $17.03 Stock Value Apple drops all non profitable 2/27/1998 divisions, including the Newton PDA (which cost Apple more than $500 million) I s129.56 Stock Value 4 S17.50 5/1/1998 $84.75 Apple announces the PowerBook G3 and iMac E $23.62 Stock Value 6/25/1998 $84.81 Microsoft releases Windows 98 Windows8 Stock Value $26.62 7/1/1998 Apple announces three profitable quarters in a row s101.56 0/15/1998 Apple releases the PowerBook G3 and the IMac which becomes the fastest selling PC in history $28,56 Stock Value 9. I S104.25 Stock Value 10/15/1998 8. $40.50 A s109.94 Apple releases MacoS 8.5 11 $34,63 Mac0585 Stock Value I s105.44 1999 8/31/1999 Apple receives over 140,000 pre-orders for it's recently announced iBook, and announces the Power Macintosh G4 which, due to its speed, was classified as a weapon by the US government $36.63 Stock Value $92.56 $65.25 Stock Value I $91.56 11/5/1999 Apple releases MacoS 9 Stock Value E s88.31 2000 A sil1.44 Microsoft acquires 1/7/2000 E $99.50 A Visio Visio (largest acquisition in MS's history) Stock Value 2/17/2000 $99.62 Microsoft releases Windows 2000 E s114.87 Windows0 Stock Value 4/20/2000 Mierosoft releases Pocket PC 2000, the first Windows Mobile operating system which included some basic pocket pc phones I S78.94 Stock Value E si18.87 I S65.81 9/14/2000 E $56.86 Microsoft releases Windows ME Stock Value WindowsMe 10 A $59.88 11 12/5/2000 Apple announces an estimated loss of $259 million for the first quarter of 2001, their first quarterly loss in three years $17.00 2001 3/24/2001 Apple releases Macos X 4/18/2001 Apple announces a quarterly profit of $43 million with OSx generating $19 million in sales. Also Apple announces having sold their 5 millionth iMac, making it the most successful PC in history. Stock Value $56.56 A $23.00 5/1/2001 Apple releases the new iBook with a white plastic Stock Value case I S65.43 5/31/2001 Stock Value $22.79 Microsoft releases Windows XP which ships with the most hated browser of all Windows time: Internet Explorer 6 I S69.18 E $19.95 9/25/2001 Apple releases Stock Value MacoS X 10.1 (Puma) $51.30 10/1/2001 E $15.54 Microsoft releases Pocket PC 2002, their first OS to power Smartphones Stock Value 10/23/2001 Apple announces the iPod (it first ships on November 10th), along with iTunes 2 S58.15 $17.56 11/15/2001 Stock Value A $66.12 Microsoft releases the Xbox X XBOX E $19.45 Stock Value I S66.25 12/4/2001 Apple releases Final Cut Pro 3 (and Macos 9.2.2) Fnal Cat Pros $21.90 2002 Stock Value 4/29/2002 I S52.24 Apple releases the eMac aimed at the education market $23.96 Stock Value 7/17/2002 A $52.00 E $15.63 Apple releases the LCD IMac 17", 20 GB iPod, iTunes 3 and Macos x 10.2 (which it charged $129 for) Stock Value 8/13/2002 Apple releases a new revision of the G4, now shipping with two CPUS in all configurations A $47.06 s0 $14.59 Stock Value 2003 1/28/2003 A $48.82 Apple releases the 20" Cinema Display 4 $14.58 4/24/2001 Stock Value Windows NET Server 2003 Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 A S24.92 4/20/2003 3 Apple announces new iPods and iTunes 4 which includes an online music store with 200,000 songs for $0.99 each $13.24 Stock Value A $25.75 6/23/2003 Microsoft announces Windows Mobile; their Mobile updated mobile PC smartphone os L: $19.06 Stock Value $28.84 9/8/2003 Apple announces it has sold over 10 million songs on iTunes $22.74 Stock Value 10/16/2003 $29.23 Apple releases iTunes 4.1 with compatibility for Windows PCs $23.25 Stock Value 11/18/2003 Apple introduces a 20" flat-panel iMac and releases MacoS X 10.3 updates for its professional software, such as Final Cut Pro A $25.15 $20.41 Stock Value 2004 1/6/2004 Apple releases Garageband and celebrates its 20 year anniversary of the Macintosh $28.24 %2422.09 Stock Value 7/12/2004 Apple announces over 100 million songs downloaded making iTunes the most successful legal only music download service on the market $27.89 E $29.14 2005 Stock Value 4/29/2005 I $25.80 Apple releases OSx Tiger (MacOS X 10.4) $39.76 Stock Value A $27.91 11/22/2005 E $66.52 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Stock Value XBOX 360 2006 1/3/2006 I $28.15 4 $75.51 Apple releases the MacBook Pro Stock Value 11/14/2006 Microsoft launches Zune, their attempt at a portable music device I $29.23 $85.00 2007 1/9/2007 ODO Stock Value Apple introduces the world to the iPhone A $29.96 E $92.57 1/30/2007 Microsoft launches Windows Vista Stock Value $33.60 10/26/2007 Apple releases OSX Leopard (MacoS X 10.5) * s182.22 2008 Stock Value $25.25 7/11/2008 E $172.58 Apple releases the iPhone 3G Stock Value $24.65 2009 8/28/2009 4 $168.21 Apple releases OSx Snow Leopard (MacoS X 10.6) Stock Value 10/22/2009 E S26.59 Microsoft launches Windows 7 E $205.20 Windows 7 2010 Stock Value 1/27/2010 I $29.67 Apple announces the iPad * $207.88 Stock Value 6/7/2010 S25.29 Apple announces the iPhone 4 E $250.94 11/8/2010 Stock Value Microsoft launches the Windows Phone 7 I S26.81 $318.62 2011 2/2/2011 Stock Value $26.58 Apple announces the iPad 2 E $353.21 6/6/2011 Stock Value Apple announces OSX Lion, ioss and iCloud, Apple's first major push OSX Lion into cloud computing. $24.01 A $338.04 Microsoft and Apple Market Cap ($=Billion) $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 Microsoft and Apple Historical Stock Prices $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 ह Manolution www.man olution.com Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index php?id=53 http://www.thoep.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company. htm http://ca finance yahoo.com 周 过 , 过 VS Microsoft Apple The History of Computing MARKETSHARE AS OF MAY 2011 0.8% Windows 7 5.1% 8.3% Windows Vista 36.5% Windows 2003 Windows XP 40.7% Linux 7.1% OSX Mobile 0.9% Native Internet Browser Market Share Smartphone OS Market Share Mp3 Player Market Share IE 48% Windows 10% Microsoft 1% Safari 5% iOS 27% Apple 76% Timeline Date of Apple and Microsoft reras SEAIET.O,81 a0es.o.,81C 88c 180 PAS.O.SSA8TEOC 8 2.0.8TSTeEal r.O.18T80818 58.0.TA88 S.O.ISICIƏ 11/1/1984 Stock Value Apple pays $2.5 million to buy every advertising page in a post-election edition of Newsweek, promoting their first Macintosh NA $25.12 computer 10 S/1/1985 12 Apple licenses PostScript from Adobe, combining this with their LaserWriter Adobe PostScript 1985 Stock Value printers made Macintosh the defacto computer for the desktop publishing industry. NA 6/3/1985 Stock Value S17.37 3 Apple lays off 1,200 employees. NA 4 $18.00 9/17/1985 Stock Value Steve Jobs officially resigns from apple. Bad blood and lawsuits ensue. $15.25 10/24/1905 Stock Value Apple signs a contract allowing Microsoft to use some Macintosh GUI NA 10 Stock Value elements S18.37 NA 12 11/20/1905 $18.37 MCROSOFT. Microsoft Releases 1986 Stock Value Windows 1.0 NA 4 $23.12 1/2/1986 Steve Jobs agrees Stock Value not to build computers competitive with Apple in exchange for lawsuits being dropped, buys Pixar from George Lucas for less than $10 million and starts NeXT (later renamed A $27.50 $24.75 6. NeXT Computer, Inc.) Stock Value 19 3/13/1986 Microsoft stock goes public at $21 per share, rising to $27.5 $49.75 10 $49.75 11 MCROSOFT WINDOWS by close. 12 11/3/1986 Stock Value 1987 The Apple IIgs is released, price set at $999 I S73.12 $55.50 1/2/1987 Stock Value Apple introduces the Mac II I $46.25 4 $35.00 12/9/1987 OS 21 Microsoft releases OS 2 OS 2 Windows 2.0 and Os/2 Stock Value 1988 3/1/1988 Apple sues Microsoft for stealing GUI elements not included in their previous agreement, such as mac-like icons A $56.50 MICRO SOFT $40.00 12 Stock Value 1989 8/1/1989 $58.75 Microsoft releases the first Office Suite $44.50 Office 12 Stock Value 1990 5/22/1990 A S71.50 Microsoft announces Windows 3.0 and later releases the Windows SDK allowing anyone to develop applications to run in the Windows OS K $41.38 M WNKMS 3. Stock Value 7/25/1990 On their 15th anniversary Microsoft becomes the first PC company to exceed $1 billion in revenue with $1.16 Billion. $71.50 1 Billion 10 4 $42.25 11 in revenue wh on 12 Stock Value 1991 10/1/1991 I $93.87 Microsoft releases Multimedia Extensions 1.0 for Win3.0 introducing support for CD-ROM and Sound Cards 4 $51.50 Apple introduces the Mac PowerBook after forming an allegiance with IBM and Motorola Stock Value 1992 si18.50 3/1/1992 Microsat Microsoft kicks off its first-ever television advertising campaign. 4 $58.25 Stock Value 4/6/1992 A $121.25 E S60.75 Stock Value Microsoft ships Windows3.1 which (along with 3.0) sells over 10 million copies. A $83.37 3/22/1993 Microsoft announces Microsoft Encarta the first multimedia Encarta encyclopedia designed for a 1993 Stock Value $52.25 computer. I S89.00 4/14/1993 Microsoft reports over 25 million licensed Windows users, making it the most popular GUI in the world. 5/24/1993 E $48.75 Stock Value Stock Value Microsoft launches Windows NT (their first Os marketed exclusively for professional use) I $92.12 A S75.12 E $57.63 E $26.50 8/2/1993 Apple releases the first PDA (Newton MessagePad), but the handwriting recognition failed to live up to the hype Stock Value 1994 I S83.87 E $38.13 3/14/1994 Stock Value Apple releases the first Power Macintosh computers (6100, 7100, 8100) A $51.63 Stock Value 6/1/1994 * $26.50 Apple releases System 7.5 I $51.50 7/1/1994 Apple starts licensing the Macos to companies wanting to build clones $33.69 Stock Value 1995 9/19/1994 $56.88 Stock Value After four years Apple loses lawsuit against Microsoft and HP for copyright infringement of specific GUI elements 4 $35.50 A $96.12 Microsoft Releases 8/24/1995 Windows 95,sells over 1 million copies in just 4 days. Internet Explorer is offered for free shortly after 12 K $45.75 Stock Value 1996 A $105.25 4/16/1996 Microsoft releases MSSQL 6.5 with built-in support for Internet Applications E $25.87 SOL Server Stock Value 10 10/1/1996 Apple releases System 7.5.5 Stock Value I S82.62 E $20.87 12/2/1996 $137.25 1997 Ne Apple takes over NEXT XT Computer, Inc. for $430 million A $23.00 1/24/1997 Apple releases Macos 7.6 Stock Value 1/26/1997 Stock Value Thanks to the acquisition NeXT Steve Jobs returns to Apple S121.50 I $95.94 4/1/1997 Microsoft buys WebTV for $425million E $17.00 webtv A $16.87 6/2/1997 Stock Value Apple announces $740 million loss for the second quarter A $126.37 7/1/1997 4 $14.25 Gil Amelio resigns as president and CEO of APPLE Stock Value I $141.38 7/22/1997 MacOs8 Apple releases Macos 8 * $17.50 8/1/1997 Stock Value Steve Jobs becomes defacto head of Apple and announces product and technology development agreement between Apple and Microsoft A S132.19 L: $21.75 Apple begins buying back all /2/1997 licenses from Mac-clone manufacturers Stock Value 10/1/1997 The Justice Department prohibits Microsoft from forcing IE as the Windows exclusive Internet browser A $132.31 E $21.69 Stock Value 11/10/1997 Apple releases $130.19 the Power Macintosh G3 and the online Apple Store, both becoming and instant success Stock Value $18.69 1998 1/7/1998 Apple officially returns to profitability with $47 million profit in the first quarter. S130.00 $17.03 Stock Value Apple drops all non profitable 2/27/1998 divisions, including the Newton PDA (which cost Apple more than $500 million) I s129.56 Stock Value 4 S17.50 5/1/1998 $84.75 Apple announces the PowerBook G3 and iMac E $23.62 Stock Value 6/25/1998 $84.81 Microsoft releases Windows 98 Windows8 Stock Value $26.62 7/1/1998 Apple announces three profitable quarters in a row s101.56 0/15/1998 Apple releases the PowerBook G3 and the IMac which becomes the fastest selling PC in history $28,56 Stock Value 9. I S104.25 Stock Value 10/15/1998 8. $40.50 A s109.94 Apple releases MacoS 8.5 11 $34,63 Mac0585 Stock Value I s105.44 1999 8/31/1999 Apple receives over 140,000 pre-orders for it's recently announced iBook, and announces the Power Macintosh G4 which, due to its speed, was classified as a weapon by the US government $36.63 Stock Value $92.56 $65.25 Stock Value I $91.56 11/5/1999 Apple releases MacoS 9 Stock Value E s88.31 2000 A sil1.44 Microsoft acquires 1/7/2000 E $99.50 A Visio Visio (largest acquisition in MS's history) Stock Value 2/17/2000 $99.62 Microsoft releases Windows 2000 E s114.87 Windows0 Stock Value 4/20/2000 Mierosoft releases Pocket PC 2000, the first Windows Mobile operating system which included some basic pocket pc phones I S78.94 Stock Value E si18.87 I S65.81 9/14/2000 E $56.86 Microsoft releases Windows ME Stock Value WindowsMe 10 A $59.88 11 12/5/2000 Apple announces an estimated loss of $259 million for the first quarter of 2001, their first quarterly loss in three years $17.00 2001 3/24/2001 Apple releases Macos X 4/18/2001 Apple announces a quarterly profit of $43 million with OSx generating $19 million in sales. Also Apple announces having sold their 5 millionth iMac, making it the most successful PC in history. Stock Value $56.56 A $23.00 5/1/2001 Apple releases the new iBook with a white plastic Stock Value case I S65.43 5/31/2001 Stock Value $22.79 Microsoft releases Windows XP which ships with the most hated browser of all Windows time: Internet Explorer 6 I S69.18 E $19.95 9/25/2001 Apple releases Stock Value MacoS X 10.1 (Puma) $51.30 10/1/2001 E $15.54 Microsoft releases Pocket PC 2002, their first OS to power Smartphones Stock Value 10/23/2001 Apple announces the iPod (it first ships on November 10th), along with iTunes 2 S58.15 $17.56 11/15/2001 Stock Value A $66.12 Microsoft releases the Xbox X XBOX E $19.45 Stock Value I S66.25 12/4/2001 Apple releases Final Cut Pro 3 (and Macos 9.2.2) Fnal Cat Pros $21.90 2002 Stock Value 4/29/2002 I S52.24 Apple releases the eMac aimed at the education market $23.96 Stock Value 7/17/2002 A $52.00 E $15.63 Apple releases the LCD IMac 17", 20 GB iPod, iTunes 3 and Macos x 10.2 (which it charged $129 for) Stock Value 8/13/2002 Apple releases a new revision of the G4, now shipping with two CPUS in all configurations A $47.06 s0 $14.59 Stock Value 2003 1/28/2003 A $48.82 Apple releases the 20" Cinema Display 4 $14.58 4/24/2001 Stock Value Windows NET Server 2003 Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 A S24.92 4/20/2003 3 Apple announces new iPods and iTunes 4 which includes an online music store with 200,000 songs for $0.99 each $13.24 Stock Value A $25.75 6/23/2003 Microsoft announces Windows Mobile; their Mobile updated mobile PC smartphone os L: $19.06 Stock Value $28.84 9/8/2003 Apple announces it has sold over 10 million songs on iTunes $22.74 Stock Value 10/16/2003 $29.23 Apple releases iTunes 4.1 with compatibility for Windows PCs $23.25 Stock Value 11/18/2003 Apple introduces a 20" flat-panel iMac and releases MacoS X 10.3 updates for its professional software, such as Final Cut Pro A $25.15 $20.41 Stock Value 2004 1/6/2004 Apple releases Garageband and celebrates its 20 year anniversary of the Macintosh $28.24 %2422.09 Stock Value 7/12/2004 Apple announces over 100 million songs downloaded making iTunes the most successful legal only music download service on the market $27.89 E $29.14 2005 Stock Value 4/29/2005 I $25.80 Apple releases OSx Tiger (MacOS X 10.4) $39.76 Stock Value A $27.91 11/22/2005 E $66.52 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 Stock Value XBOX 360 2006 1/3/2006 I $28.15 4 $75.51 Apple releases the MacBook Pro Stock Value 11/14/2006 Microsoft launches Zune, their attempt at a portable music device I $29.23 $85.00 2007 1/9/2007 ODO Stock Value Apple introduces the world to the iPhone A $29.96 E $92.57 1/30/2007 Microsoft launches Windows Vista Stock Value $33.60 10/26/2007 Apple releases OSX Leopard (MacoS X 10.5) * s182.22 2008 Stock Value $25.25 7/11/2008 E $172.58 Apple releases the iPhone 3G Stock Value $24.65 2009 8/28/2009 4 $168.21 Apple releases OSx Snow Leopard (MacoS X 10.6) Stock Value 10/22/2009 E S26.59 Microsoft launches Windows 7 E $205.20 Windows 7 2010 Stock Value 1/27/2010 I $29.67 Apple announces the iPad * $207.88 Stock Value 6/7/2010 S25.29 Apple announces the iPhone 4 E $250.94 11/8/2010 Stock Value Microsoft launches the Windows Phone 7 I S26.81 $318.62 2011 2/2/2011 Stock Value $26.58 Apple announces the iPad 2 E $353.21 6/6/2011 Stock Value Apple announces OSX Lion, ioss and iCloud, Apple's first major push OSX Lion into cloud computing. $24.01 A $338.04 Microsoft and Apple Market Cap ($=Billion) $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 Microsoft and Apple Historical Stock Prices $400 Microsoft Apple $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 ह Manolution www.man olution.com Sources: http://www.wikipedia.org/ http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/history http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index php?id=53 http://www.thoep.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company. htm http://ca finance yahoo.com 周 过 , 过