Microsoft

  • Micro-Soft

    Gates and Allen form a partnership called Micro-Soft
  • operating system

    Microsoft works on the first version of a new operating system.
  • Windows 2.0

    Microsoft releases Windows 2.0 with desktop icons and expanded memory
  • Windows 3.0

    Microsoft announces Windows 3.0
  • Windows 3.2

    Microsoft announces Windows 3.2
  • 10 million copies

    WIndows 3.0 and windoes 3.2;Taken together, they sell 10 million copies in their first two years, making this the most widely used Windows operating system yet.
  • 2012

    Windows 8 is a reimagined operating system