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  Steve and other engineers visited Xerox PARC where they began learning more about computers.
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  Steve Jobs took over the Mac Project.
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  Bill Gates announces Microsoft Windows
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  Mac System was born.
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  The mac computers were all over the newspapers and magazines.
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  Microsoft Windows 2.0 was released and is initially sold for $100.00.
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  Microsoft Windows/286 or Windows 286 is initially sold for $100.00.
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  Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released
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  Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.1 was released.
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  The number of licensed users of Microsoft Windows now totals more than 25 Million.
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  The number of licensed users of Microsoft Windows now totals more than 25 Million.
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  3.51 was released.
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  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 was released.
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  Microsoft Windows 95 (4.00.950C) aka OSR2.5 is released.
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  Microsoft announced that future releases of Windows NT would no longer have the initials of NT and that the next edition would be Windows 2000.
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  CES Bill Gates announces the new version of Windows CE will be called Pocket PC.
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  Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2002) for Itanium systems was released.
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  Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition was released.
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  Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista to corporations.
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  Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the general public.