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They officially established Microsoft on April 4, 1975,
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In August 1977 the company formed an agreement with ASCII Magazine in Japan
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The company moved to a new home in Bellevue, Washington in January 1979
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Microsoft entered the OS business in 1980 with its own version of Unix, called Xenix.
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IBM awarded a contract to Microsoft in November 1980 to provide a version of the CP/M OS, which was set to be used in the upcoming IBM Personal Computer
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Microsoft became the leading PC operating systems vendor.
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The company expanded into new markets with the release of the Microsoft Mouse in 1983
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Bill Gates announces Microsoft Windows in 1983.
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Microsoft Windows 1.0 is introduced in November 20, 1985
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Microsoft Windows 2.0 was released in 1987
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In 1990, Microsoft introduced its office suite, Microsoft Office.
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Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released May, 22 1990
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Microsoft Windows 3.1 was released April, 1992
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The number of licensed users of Microsoft Windows now totals more than 25 Million.
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Microsoft began to expand its product line into computer networking and the World Wide Web
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The company released Windows 95 on August 24, 1995
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In 1996, Microsoft and NBC Universal created a new 24/7 cable news station, MSNBC.
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In October 1997, the Justice Department filed a motion in the Federal District Court, stating that Microsoft violated an agreement signed in 1994 and asked the court to stop the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows.
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Bill Gates handed over the CEO position on January 13, 2000, to Steve Ballmer.
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Microsoft Windows 2000 was released February 17, 2000.
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Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista
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On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP
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The company released the Xbox, entering the game console market dominated by Sony and Nintendo.
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Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to the public on February 27, 2008.
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Microsoft releases Windows 7 October 22, 2009
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In 2010, Microsoft released their mobile operating system, Windows Mobile, replacing it with the new Windows Phone OS
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On June 18, 2012, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Surface, the first computer in the company's history to have its hardware made by Microsoft.
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On July 31, 2012, Microsoft launched the Outlook.com webmail service to compete with Gmail.
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Microsoft releases Windows 8 October 26, 2012
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Windows Phone 8 was launched.
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In August 2013, Steve Ballmer announced he would resign as CEO of Microsoft
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On September 3, 2013, Microsoft agreed to buy Nokia's mobile unit for $7 billion
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