History of Microsoft

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    Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen; they sell BASIC, the first PC computer language program to MITS Computer, Microsoft's first customer.
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    Microsoft, Inc. is incorporated; IBM uses Microsoft's 16-bit operating system for its first personal computer.
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    Microsoft Windows was announced November 10.
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    Microsoft and IBM forge a joint development agreement.
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    The company's first CD-ROM application, Microsoft Bookshelf, is released.
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    Bill Gates is awarded the National Medal of Technology for Technological Achievement.
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    The company introduces Windows NT.
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    Microsoft Windows 95 was released August 24, 1995 and sells more than 1 Million copies within 4 days.
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    The company acquires Vermeer Technologies and its software application, FrontPage.
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    In October of 1998 Microsoft announced that future releases of Windows NT would no longer have the initials of NT and that the next edition would be Windows 2000.
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    Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) was released May 5, 1999.
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    The company acquires Visio Corporation, its largest acquisition to date.
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    Microsoft Windows ME (Millennium) released June 19, 2000.
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    Microsoft Windows XP is released internationally.
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    Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003.
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    Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is released on October 12
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    Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista to corporations on November 30.
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    Windows Office 2007 to the general public January 30
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    Microsoft releases Windows 7 October 22.