| Microsoft through out the years |
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| 1975: 1st PC was developed (Altair 8800) by MITS. Bill Gates and Pual Allen complete BASIC and license it to thier 1st customers. Allen gets a job at MITS as a Director of software |
| 1976: Microsoft reworks and improves BASIC to sell to other distributors like citibank, DTC, GE, NCR. Paul Allen leaves MITS and devotes his attention and time to Microsoft |
| 1977: Fortan is the 2nd computer language that microsoft creates |
| 1978: 3rd language Cobol-80 is created. Microsoft make their 1st million |
| 1979: Basic 8086with 19-bit microprocessor is announced. It wins the ICP Million Dollar Award |
| 1980: releases Z-80 softcard. announces XENIX OS. Steve Ballmer is hired to establish polices and procedures in the financial organization and resource allocation areas |
| 1981: Microsoft becomes a private corporation. IBM intorduces its PC which uses Microsoft Products |
| 1982: Microsoft and MS-DOS went global |
| 1983: Microsoft Windows is introduced as an extension of its MS-DOS OS. |
| 1984: Softare avaliable to Machintosh platform |
| 1985: Microsoft celebrates 10 yrs. The fical year earns them $140 million. It debutes its windows software system costing $99 |
| 1986: They went public issuing 2 and 1/2 million shares. Microsoft moved to a new 4 building corparate campus surrounding, "Lake Bill" in Redmond, Washington |
| 1987: Windows 286 and Windows 386 were announced. Also Microsoft announces Windows 2.0 and Microsoft Excel for windows |
| 1988: SQL server announced. Sold 1 millionth mouse |
| 1989: Microsoft makes plans to ship MS-Office on CD-ROM. Microsoft and IBM expand their partnership. |
| 1990: Microsoft announces worldwide avalibility of Windows 3.0. It exceeds $1 billion in sales. Microsoft launches its largest, most expensive campagin in the company's history to date |
| 1991: Microsoft announces its new Excel 3.0 for Windows 3.0. Also annouces Excel for Mac. Microsoft announced Visual BASIC at Wins World '91 |
| 1992: Microsoft announed worldwide avalibility to Windows 3.1. Access database for windows is introduced |
| 1993: Introduces MS-DOS 6.0. Introduces Encarta. Release mouse 2.0. Release a whole line of software especially for children |
| 1994: Microsoft office became the number 1 product in its catagory with sales of more than 7 million units |
| 1995: Windows 95 mades its debut. Microsoft network online services was launched |
| 1996: More than 30 million people use Microsoft Excel. MSNBC made its debut |
| 1997: Internet Explorer 4.0 was launched and the Justic Department filed action against Microsoft |
| 1998: Windows 98 launched. Bill Gates appointed Steve Ballmer president of Microsoft. Development of Windows 2000 was announced |
| 1999: Microsoft launched IE 5.0 and MS Office 2000. Gates releases "Business @ the Speed of Thought" |
| 2000: Windows 2000 made its debut. X-box was born |
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| 2001: Microsoft introduced Windows XP |
| 2002: Launched their own programming lanugage called C Sharp (C#). Micrososft introduced ASP.NET, a new Microsoft Web developing platform, which will support all the microsoft product to create online applications |