The History of Microsoft

THE HISTORY OF Microsoft |1955 -BILL GATES IS BORN. 1968 - AT THIRTEEN YEARS OLD, BILL I GATES WRITES HIS FIRST PROGRAM IN BASIC. 1970 - PAUL ALLEN AND BILL GATES START A BUSINESS SELLING "TRAF-O- I DATA", A PROGRAM THAT KEEPS TABS ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS. 1973 - BILL GATES GRADUATES HIGH I SCHOOL. HE SCORES 1590/1600 ON THE SATS. HE IS ACCEPTED INTO THE I PRE-LAW PROGRAM AT HARVARD. |1975-BILL AND PAUL ARE HIRED BY | MICRO INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMETRY SYSTEMS "MITS" TO WRITE BASIC SOFTWARE FOR THEIR ALTAIR 8800. BILL LEAVES HARVARD IN HIS JUNIOR I YEAR AND MOVES TO NEW MEXICO WITH PAUL ALLEN. THEY NAME THEIR I PARTNERSHIP MICRO-SOFT. 1976 - BILL GATES AND PAUL ALLEN OFFICIALLY REGISTER MICROSOFT AS A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION. MICRO SOFT 1977 - MICROSOFT SEVERS TIES WITH | MITS. BILL GATES WRITES AND DEVELOPS OTHER COMPUTER LANGUAGES FOR VARIOUS COMPANIES. 1978 - MICROSOFT OPENS ITS FIRST I INTERNATIONAL OFFICE IN JAPAN. COMPANY REVENUE HITS $1 MILLION. Microsot 1979 - MICROSOFT MOVES ITS OFFICE TO BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON. IBM 1980 - MICROSOFT STRIKES A DEAL I WITH IBM TO PROVIDE THE DOS OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR THEIR LINE OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS. 1981 - MICROSOFT BECOMES A MucTE AMLE TANDY | CORPORATION. Plan RGrid AppDat THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER pes? File DEBUTS. | 1983 - INSTEAD OF ANNOUNCING A I "MAN OF THE YEAR", TIME MAGAZINE I NAMES THE PC AS "MACHINE OF THE ' YEAR". MACHINE YEAR 1984 - APPLE COMPUTER LAUNCHES I THE MACINTOSH. The Computer Moves In 1985 - THE FIRST VERSION OF WINDOWS IS LAUNCHED. MANY CLAIM IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO MACINTOSH. 1986 - MICROSOFT GOES PUBLIC I WITH AN IPO RAISING $61 MILLION. 1987 - BILL GATES IS NAMED A I BILLIONAIRE BY FORBES MAGAZINE. AT 31, HE IS THE YOUNGEST BILLIONAIRE MICROSOFT | IN HISTORY. Microsoft Windows Comting Enrment | 1988 - APPLE SUES MICROSOFT, I ACCUSING BILL GATES AND THE COMPANY OF DESIGNING WINDOWS I TO MIMIC THE MAC DESIGN TOO CLOSELY. | 1989- MICROSOFT INTRODUCES ! MICROSOFT ÖFFICE, INCLUDING WORD | AND EXCEL. 1992 - FORBES MAGAZINE NAMES BILL GATES THE RICHEST MAN IN MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MICROSOFT I AMERICA, WITH $6.3 BILLION IN PERSONAL WEALTH. WINDOWS NT SERVER IS RELEASED, WHICH BECOMES THE KERNEL OF FUTURE DESKTOP OPERATING I SYSTEMS. Microsoft 1994 - AFTER A FOUR YEAR DISPUTE, | APPLE LOSES ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST MICROSOFT FOR COPYRIGHT I INFRINGEMENT ON INTERFACE DESIGN. WNDONS 1996 - APPLE ACQUIRES NEXT COMPUTER FOR $427 MILLION. STEVE WINDOHS ! JOBS RETURNS TO APPLE. FORBES MAGAZINE NAMES BILL GATES I THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD, WITH $12.8 BILLICN IN PERSONAL WEALTH. Microsoft Windows 95 1995 - WINDOWS 95 LAUNCHES. A I SERVICE PACK IN AUGUST INCORPORATES INTERNET EXPLORER, I BASED ON SPYGLASS'S MOSAIC. St 1997 - JOBS BECOMES INTERIM CEO I AND CHAIRMAN OF APPLE. IT TURNS INTO A PERMANENT POSITION. 1998 - MICROSOFT LAUNCHES I WINDOWS 98. Microsoft 2000 - MICROSOFT LAUNCHES i WINDOWS 2000 AND WINDOWS I MILLENNIUM EDITION. Microsoft BILL GATES PASSES HIS TITLE OF CEO Windows98 Windows 2000 Professional orPCsotWinds TO STEVE BALLMER. 2001 - WINDOWS XP IS INTRODUCED. Mosot | MICROSOFT LAUNCHES THE XBOX. Windows Windows Windows Potessional 2004 - MICROSOFT LOSES AN ANTITRUST CASE AGAINST THE I EUROPEAN UNION. IT IS FORCED TO MAKE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER AND I INTERNET EXPLORER OPTIONAL IN NEW INSTALLATIONS OF WINDOWS. |2007- MICROSOFT INTRODUCES I WINDOWS VISTA AND OFFICE 2007. BILLE MELINDA 2008 - BILL GATES SPENDS HIS LAST GATES foundation I DAY AT MICROSOFT. HE STAYS ON AS A CHAIRMAN. HE NOW FOCUSES FULL I TIME ON HIS CHARITY WORK. Start 2011 - MICROSOFT ACQUIRES SKYPE FOR $8.5 BILLION. 2012 - WINDOWS 8 IS RELEASED. IT I REIMAGINES THE USER EXPERIENCE. SAMSUNG NOKIA Microsoft 2013 - STEVE BALLMER ANNOUNCES I THAT HE WILL STEP DOWN AS CEO. MICROSOFT BUYS NOKIA'S SMARTPHONE BUSINESS FOR $7.2 | BILLION. 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