Apple vs. Microsoft

By ubillaa

  • Beginning of Apple

    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak meet each other

  • Beginning of Microsoft

    Bill Gates starts Microsoft with Bill Allen.

  • Apple 1

    Steve Wozniak starts working on Apple 1

  • Apple Starts

    Apple is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak

  • Apple 2

    Apple 2 is offered to the public

  • The Lisa Project

    The Lisa Project was created after Lisas' name, Steve Jobs' daughter

  • Development of Lisa

    15 Xerox employees work on the Lisa Project

  • IBM & Microsoft

    IBM uses Microsoft OS. This was a 16 bit OS for IBM. This was IBM's first personal computer

  • Lisa Project Development

    Lisa is offered to the public

  • Sculley

    Pepsico's John Sculley is hired as CEO of Apple

  • Microsoft Mouse

    Microsoft Mouse is initiated. Microsoft Mouse is for the MS-DOS. This year Paul Allen resigns from his EXEC VP position, and Jon Shirley becomes president

  • Microsoft & Jobs

    Microsoft is allowed to use Mac technology & Jobs is fired

  • IBM & Microsoft

    IBM and Microsoft sign a joint development agreement

  • Microsoft Stock Market Debut

    Microsoft offers stock, each stock was worth $21

  • Microsoft V 2.03

    Microsoft release V 2.03 with many improvements taken from Mac

  • Windows V 3.0

    Windows 3.0 is released

  • Microsoft CEO

    Michael Hallman is promoted to CEO. Jon Shirley retires as CEO. Microsoft becomes first PC software firm to surpass $ 1 B

  • Bill Gates Awarded

    National Medal of Technology for Technological Achievement is given to Bill Gates

  • Windows NT

    Windows NT is introduced by Microsoft

  • Sculley

    Sculley joins Spectrum instead of Apple

  • Vermeer Technologies

    Vermeer Technologies is bought by Microsoft. Frontpage was their application, which was also incorporated by Microsoft

  • The return of Jobs

    Jobs returns to Apple after being fired a few years earlier

  • Microsoft and 1994 Consent Decree

    Microsoft violates a consent decree. This 1994 decree violation was alleged by the US Department of Justice

  • Microsoft & Sherman Act

    US Department of Justice alleges Microsoft violates the Sherman Act. Two antitrust cases are filed against Microsoft

  • New Releases

    XP and MAC OS X are released

  • New Releases

    Xbox 360 and MacBook released

  • Vista

    Vista released

  • New Apple Releases

    Windows 7 and iPad are released