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Born
Gates was born in Seattle, Washingtong, U.S.A -
Harvard University
Bill Gates started studying at Harvard University in 1973 where he spent time with Paul Allen. Gates and Allen worked on a version of the programming language BASIC, that was the basis for the MITS Altair -
Microsoft was founded
Microsoft was an abbreviation of microcomputer software. It soon became simply "Microsoft"® and went on to completely change the way people use computers. -
moved to Bellueve
In 1979 Microsoft started to grow (16 employees). At that moment Bill Gates decides to move to Seattle. -
IBM
In 1980 IBM hired Microsoft to write the operative system of IBM PC, -
86-DOS purchase
One month before the launching of the PC, Microsoft bought all the rights of 86-DOS SCP by 50,000 dollars. It was adaptable to all the existing programmes..Microsoft licencsed QDOS to IBM,and it became PC-DOS 1.0. This license allowed Microsoft to sell DOS to other companies. -
Windows
It was Microsoft's first attempt to implement a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based operating environment on the PC platform. Windows 1.0 was the first version of Windows launched. It was succeeded by Windows 2.0. -
Windows 2.0
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windows 3.0
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Windows 3.1
It improved the interphase of the user as well as the multifuncion -
Windows NT
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Windows 95
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Windows 2.03
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Windows 98
It was criticized because it was too slow -
Windows 2000
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Windows XP
It improved its functionality including the recording of programmes. -
Windows Vista
It had important technologic changes specially as regards security -
Windows 7
