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Microsoft offcially started
They officially established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, -
Agreement with ASCII magazine
In August 1977 the company formed an agreement with ASCII Magazine in Japan -
They moved to a new place
The company moved to a new home in Bellevue, Washington in January 1979 -
OS business "Xenix"
Microsoft entered the OS business in 1980 with its own version of Unix, called Xenix. -
IBM contract for the CP/M OS
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 -
Microsoft leading OP vendor
Microsoft became the leading PC operating systems vendor. -
Microsoft Mouse
The company expanded into new markets with the release of the Microsoft Mouse in 1983 -
Microsoft Windows
Bill Gates announces Microsoft Windows in 1983. -
Microsoft Windows 1.0
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is introduced in November 20, 1985 -
Microsoft Windows 2.0
Microsoft Windows 2.0 was released in 1987 -
Microsoft Office
In 1990, Microsoft introduced its office suite, Microsoft Office. -
Microsoft Windows 3.0
Microsoft Windows 3.0 was released May, 22 1990 -
Windows 3.1
Microsoft Windows 3.1 was released April, 1992 -
Microsoft users more than 25 million
The number of licensed users of Microsoft Windows now totals more than 25 Million. -
Microsoft began to expand
Microsoft began to expand its product line into computer networking and the World Wide Web -
Windows 95
The company released Windows 95 on August 24, 1995 -
Microsoft & NBC Universal "24/7 cable news station"
In 1996, Microsoft and NBC Universal created a new 24/7 cable news station, MSNBC. -
Microsoft goes to court
In October 1997, the Justice Department filed a motion in the Federal District Court, stating that Microsoft violated an agreement signed in 1994 and asked the court to stop the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows. -
Bill Gates no longer CEO
Bill Gates handed over the CEO position on January 13, 2000, to Steve Ballmer. -
Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 2000 was released February 17, 2000. -
Windows Vista
Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista -
Windows XP
On October 25, 2001, Microsoft released Windows XP -
Microsoft releases the Xbox
The company released the Xbox, entering the game console market dominated by Sony and Nintendo. -
Windows server 2008
Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to the public on February 27, 2008. -
Windows 7
Microsoft releases Windows 7 October 22, 2009 -
Mobile Operating System
In 2010, Microsoft released their mobile operating system, Windows Mobile, replacing it with the new Windows Phone OS -
Windows Phone
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Microsoft Surface
On June 18, 2012, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Surface, the first computer in the company's history to have its hardware made by Microsoft. -
Microsoft releases Outlook.com
On July 31, 2012, Microsoft launched the Outlook.com webmail service to compete with Gmail. -
Windows 8
Microsoft releases Windows 8 October 26, 2012 -
Windows phone 8
Windows Phone 8 was launched. -
CEO resigned
In August 2013, Steve Ballmer announced he would resign as CEO of Microsoft -
Microsoft buys Nokias phones
On September 3, 2013, Microsoft agreed to buy Nokia's mobile unit for $7 billion -