Microsoft vs apple

Microsoft vs. Apple

  • microsoft

    microsoft releases windows XP and the Xbox
  • Apple

    The Apple I was created by Steve Wozniack and Steve Jobs.
  • Apple

    The computer Apple I was discontinued in October, 1977, since the company had thrown(launched) the Apple II in June of the same year.
  • Microsoft

    The first operating system of Microsoft: Xenix, was thrown but it was not very successful.
  • Apple

    He created the Aple III but it was his first failure.
  • Apple

    He created Apple Lisa with Xerox´s help. It was the first personal computer with graphic interface and mouse.
  • Apple

    He promotes his first Macintosh computer.
  • Apple&Microsoft

    Apple signs a contract allowing Microsoft to use some Macintosh GUI elements.
  • Microsoft

    In August, 1985 he created with IBM, the new family of operating systems: OS/2.
  • Apple&Microsoft

    Apple sues Microsoft for stealing GUI elements not included in their previous agreements.
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft introduced his principal office computer package, Microsoft Scullery, a package of office computer integrated applications, as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
  • Microsoft

    Windows 3.0. goes out to the market.
  • Microsoft

    microsoft rekeases multimedia extensions
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft published Windows NT 3.1.
  • Apple

    Apple realeses the first PDA (Newton MessagePad).
  • Apple

    Apple starts licensing the MacOS to companies wantin to build clones.
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft published Windows 95, one new version of the operating system was allowing to give long names to files and to use simultaneously several programs.
  • Microsoft

    There went out to the market Internet Explorer together with Windows 95 Bonus.
  • Apple&Microsoft

    After 4 years Apple loses lawsuit against Microsoft and HP for copyright infrigement.
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft released an enormous upgrade that finally gave the home user a stable sophisticated modern mostly 32 bit operating system with protected memory and preemptive multitasking (features that would take another seven years to reach the Apple Mac)
  • Apple

    Apple may have nicknamed their operating system Capone, but in truth their market share had peaked at 12% in 1992 and had been in decline ever since. The advent of Windows 95 only heralded an acceleration of that process. See the pink line on the chart below – notice the increased rate of decline after 1995
  • Microsoft

    On August 24, 1995 they threw Microsoft Service Network, MSN to compete with AOL.
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft entered on the market of the PDA with Windows CE 1.0
  • Apple

    Apple takes over neXT Computer, Inc. for $430 million.
  • Apple

    Mac System 7.5.3. Notice the bottom 'control strip', the beginning of the Apple task bar
  • microsoft

    microsotf releases MSSQL
  • Apple

    Apple releases MacOS 7.6
  • Apple

    Thanks to the acquisition of neXT, Steve Jobs returns to Apple.
  • Mircrosoft

    The Justice Deparment prohibits Microsoft from forcing IE as the Windows exclusive Internet Explorer.
  • Apple

    Apple were is crisis and Steve Jobs, who had left years earlier to found NeXT, was brought back to rescue the company. Shortly after his arrival a new operating system was released.
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft released 'Windows 98'. It offered improved stability and hardware support but had few GUI changes. No screenshot is shown here.
  • Apple

    Steve Jobs of Apple Mac introduced the iMac. Although technically unimpressive both in terms of hardware and operating system it featured a new translucent plastic exterior, originally in Bondi Blue, but later many other colours.
  • Microstf

    realeses windows 98
  • microostf

    microsoft acquires Visio
  • Microsoft

    microsoft releases ME
  • microsoft

    releases pocket pc 2000
  • Apple

    Apple Mac released a brand new fully 32 bit modern operating system with a Unix-like core.
  • microsoft

    microsotf release windows xp
  • microsotf

    realeses pocket pc 2002
  • apple

    realeses the new ibook
  • apple

    releases mac os x