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Intel, short for Intelco, originally NM Electronics, is founded by Gordon E. Moore and Robert Noyce.
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Intel invents the microprocessor, which allowed people to have their own computer at home. It was initially invented by Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor, with help from Masatoshi Shima and Federico Faggin.
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ALTAIR 8800 is released as the first computer. It was produced by Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems(MITS), and was invented by Ed Roberts, with help from Paul Allen and Bill Gates.
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The Microsoft computer technology corporation is founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates, with Bill Gates as the CEO. It was founded to produce BASIC interpreters for the ALTAIR 8800.
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The Apple Computer Company begins donating Apple I computers to schools.
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Apple Computer Company is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to produce Wozniak's Apple I personal computer.
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Apple Computer 1, later known as the Apple I, or the Apple-1, is released by the Apple Computer Company for personal use. It was invented by Steve Wozniak, but Steve Jobs was the one that decided to sell the computer.
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Microsoft introduces it's new industry, Microsoft Windows.
