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First Microsoft Computer
The dawn of MS‑DOS In June 1980, Gates and Allen hire Gates’ former Harvard classmate Steve Ballmer to help run the company. The next month, IBM approaches Microsoft about a project code-named "Chess." In response, Microsoft focuses on a new operating system—the software that manages, or runs, the computer hardware and also serves to bridge the gap between the computer hardware and programs, such as a word processor. It’s the foundation on which computer programs can run. They name their new -
Update of Microsoft Windows 2.0
•April, 1987 Microsoft Windows version 2.0 released -
First Office Word
•August 1, 1989 Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite of productivity applications -
Microsoft 3.0 Introduced
•May 22, 1990 Microsoft launches Microsoft 3.0 -
Windows 95
•August 24, 1995 Microsoft launches Windows 95 -
Microsoft 98 launched
•June 25, 1998 Microsoft launches Windows 98 -
Windows 2000 launches
•Feb. 17, 2000 Microsoft launches Windows 2000 -
Office XP Launched
•May 31, 2001 Microsoft launches Office XP. -
Windows Launches Windows
•Oct. 25, 2001 Microsoft launches Windows XP -
Microsoft Release Xbox
•Nov. 15, 2001 Microsoft launches Xbox -
Xbox 360 Launch
•Nov. 22, 2005 Microsoft launches Xbox 360 -
Offfice free Launch
•June 15, 2010 Microsoft launches general availability of Office 2010 -
Microsoft phone Launch
•Nov. 10, 2010 Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 -
Microsoft Office 365
•June 28, 2011 Microsoft launches Office 365 -
Bings Creation
•June 3, 2009 Microsoft launches Bing search engine
