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Microsoft was founded but originally named Traf-O-Data. I was changed to Microsoft in 1975
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Microsoft's first product
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This contract was signed to develop an operating system for the first IBM computer.
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IBM release the first personal computer with Microsoft's 16 bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0. (IBM Personal Computer)
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Microsoft released Multi-Tool Word which eventually become Microsoft Word.
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Microsoft launches it first Windows Operating System and Microsoft Excel. Excel would compete and overtake Lotus 1-2-3.
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Microsoft goes public selling at $21 per share.
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Microsoft Office bundles Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the first time.
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Microsoft launches Expedia, a travel agency and its first internet property.
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Windows 98 included USB support, back and forward navigation buttons, the address bar in internet explorer bar
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Bill Gates hands over CEO position to Steve Ballmer.
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Bill Gates retires as chief software architect
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Microsoft buys Xamarin, this allows developers to build apps that are fully compatible with several platforms from a single shared code base.
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