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Windows OS timeline

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  • 1975–1981: Microsoft boots up

    1975–1981: Microsoft boots up
    Microsoft Company begans with two young guys, Paul Allen and Bill Gates, they see that personal computers are a path to the future

  • New Microsoft office

    New Microsoft office
    The company moved to a new home in Bellevue, Washington in

  • Microsoft as a Business

    Microsoft as a Business
    Microsoft entered the OS business in 1980 with its own version of Unix, called Xenix. However, it was MS-DOS that solidified the company's dominance. After negotiations with Digital Research failed, 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 (IBM PC). For this deal, Microsoft purchased a CP/M clone called 86-DOS from Seattle Computer Products, branding it as MS-DOS, which IBM reb

  • Microsoft incoporates on business

    Microsoft incoporates on business
    Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.

  • Windows and IBM new computer

    Windows and IBM new computer
    IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0

  • Microsoft launches Xbox

    Microsoft launches Xbox
    Xbox, a advanced console for playing and entertainmen, with a new xbox live introduced

  • Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC

    Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC
    In 2002, original equipment manufacturers released the first tablet PCs designed to the Microsoft Tablet PC specification. This generation of Microsoft Tablet PCs were designed to run Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, the Tablet PC version of Windows XP.[3] This version of Microsoft Windows superseded Microsoft's earlier pen computing operating environment, Windows for Pen Computing 2.0.

  • Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003

    Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003
    The following features are new to Windows Server 2003: Internet Information Services (IIS) v6.0 Significant improvements to Message Queuing Manage Your Server – a role management administrative tool that allows an administrator to choose what functionality the server should provide Improvements to Active Directory, such as the ability to deactivate classes from the schema, or to run multiple instances of the directory server (ADAM) Improvements to Group Policy handling and a