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History of Microsoft

  • Microsoft was started with Bill Gates as the first CEO.

  • The company opened their first international office in Japan, called ASCII Microsoft.

  • Microsoft's first operating system product was released on a version of Unix called Xenix.

  • The company incorporated in the state of Washington and became Microsoft Inc.

  • Microsoft wrote the operating system MS-DOS for IBM.

  • Microsoft Mouse was released.

  • Microsoft Windows was an operating system for IBM Computers.

  • Microsoft went public and Bill Gates became a 31-year old billionaire.

  • Microsoft Office was released.

  • Microsoft releases Windows 95, which includes technology for conecting to the internet.

  • Microsoft introduced their first gaming Unitm the Xbox system.