Apple vs microsoft

Microsoft - Apple

By SebastianBarona

  • Microsoft founded, Bill Gstes is the CEO

    They officially established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as the CEO.Allen came up with the original name of "Micro-Soft," the combination of the words microcomputer and software,

  • Apple Founded

  • Apple I

  • Apple II

  • IBM chooses Microsoft to make an OS

    Microsoft chosen by IBM to create operating system for its first PC

  • Microsoft buys MS-DOS

  • John Sculley CEO of Apple

  • Apple Lisa Launched

  • Microsoft introduces Word

    Microsoft introduces Word word-processing program

  • Apple Macintosh launched

  • Steve Jobs Resings from Apple and creates NeXT

  • Microsoft Windows released

  • Federal Trade Commission set its eye on Microsoft for possible collusion

  • Gil Amelio becomes the CEO of Apple

  • AIM allience

    Apple allied with IBM and Motorola

  • Microsoft Case

    resulting in a settlement on July 15, 1994 in which Microsoft consented not to tie other Microsoft products to the sale of Windows but remained free to integrate additional features into the operating system

  • Microsoft launches Windows 95

  • Apple purchases NeXT

    Bringing back Steve Jobs to apple as an advisor

  • Steve Jobs becomes the interin CEO

    Restructures Apple company line

  • Steve Ballmer becomes Microsoft´s CEO

  • Apple releases OSX

  • iPod Launched

  • iMac and MacBookPro Released

  • First iPhone released

  • Mcrosoft Case

    Lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, 18 states, and the District of Columbia in two separate actions were resolved through a Consent Decree that took effect in 2001 and a Final Judgment entered in 2002. These proceedings imposed various constraints on our Windows operating system businesses. These constraints include limits on certain contracting practices, mandated disclosure of certain software program interfaces and protocols, and rights for computer manufacturers to limit the

  • Apple releases App Store

  • Apple Releases iPad

  • Sources

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIcrosoft
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
    en.wikipedia.org/Bill_Gates
    en.wikipedia.org/NeXT Image Source http://www.poderpda.com/plataformas/windows-phone/microsoft-superara-a-apple-en-3-anos/attachment/apple-vs-microsoft/