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Microsoft

  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft
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  • Microsft was founded in Albuquerque.

  • Microsoft became an register brand.

  • First international office in Japan

  • microsoft moves to Bellevue, Washington

  • Microsoft incorporates as a company.

  • IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's OS

  • Micrososft Windows was announced.

  • Microsoft Windows version 1.0 was released

  • Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington

  • Microsoft stock goes public

  • Microsoft Windows version 2.0 was released

  • Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite of productivity applications

  • Microsoft launches Windows 3.0

  • Microsoft launches Windows 95

  • Internet by launching internet explorer a web browser.

  • Microsoft launches Windows 98

  • Steve Ballmer named president and chief executive officer for Microsoft

  • Microsoft launches Windows 2000

  • Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer outline Microsoft's .NET strategy for Web services

  • Microsoft launches Office XP

  • Microsoft launches Windows XP

  • Microsoft launches Xbox

  • Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC

  • Microsoft launches Windows Server

  • Microsoft launches Microsoft Office System

  • Microsoft launches Xbox 360

  • Microsoft launches Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System to consumers worldwide

  • Microsoft launches Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008

  • Bill Gates transitions from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to spend more time on his work at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  • Microsoft launches Bing search engine

  • Microsoft launches Windows 7

  • Microsoft launches general availability of Office 2010

  • Microsoft launches Kinect for Xbox 360

  • Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7

  • Microsoft announces availability of Microsoft Lync

  • Microsoft launches Office 365

  • Microsoft released Windows 8 to the general public

  • Windows 8.1