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Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft
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Microsoft goes public with an IPO, raising $61 million at $21 a share
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Microsoft releases Microsoft Office, which bundles together Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint for the first time.
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Bill Gates hands over his CEO position to Steve Ballmer.
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Microsoft launches the first Xbox.
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Google launches Google Chrome,
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Microsoft announces Windows Phone, a family of mobile operating systems
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Microsoft acquires Skype for $8.5 billion
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Microsoft launches Microsoft Surface
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Microsoft acquires Nokia
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Microsoft announces Cortana (software)
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Microsoft releases Windows 10
