this company dreamt of a computer in
every home
welcome to watchmojo.com oh that’s time
and today we’re taking a look at the
history of Microsoft guys never
understood never understood the first
thing about this computer tech company
Microsoft was formed in 1975 in
Albuquerque New Mexico this was when
Paul Allen and Bill Gates developed
language software for the alt ire
microcomputer and sold it to the
electronics company MIT’s the software
was then distributed under the name
Altair basic and it became the PCs first
computer language program with gates as
CEO the company named Microsoft was
chosen and registered in 1976 as an
amalgamation of the words microcomputer
and software Microsoft continued
developing other programming languages
and by the end of 1978 the company’s
year-end sales figures surpassed 1
million dollars at this point
Microsoft only had 13 employees the
company relocated to Bellevue Washington
in 1979 and released the operating
systems Enix for 16-bit microprocessors
the following year next Microsoft
developed ms-dos the disk operating
system was packaged and released with
IBM’s first personal computer in 1981
but found success after many PC
manufacturers began to license it after
a cancer diagnosis in 1982 Allen became
less involved with the company however
during the 80s Microsoft became a leader
in home computer software and expanded
into other areas such as computer book
publishing with Microsoft press in 1984
Microsoft designed software for the new
Apple Macintosh computer and created a
hardware development division the next
year Microsoft Windows was made publicly
available that graphical operating
environment allowed users to interact
with various application programs
Microsoft went public in 1986 and it’s
surging stock prices made many
millionaires next the company introduced
products for the office including
Microsoft Works this program was
designed for the Apple Macintosh and
merged applications like a word
processor and spreadsheet notable
products released by Microsoft during
the remainder of the 1980s included the
first cd-rom application the Microsoft
bookshelf and the new Microsoft Mouse
the company assured in a new decade by
releasing Microsoft Office this
productivity software
Ahnold applications like Word Excel and
PowerPoint for Windows and became one of
Microsoft’s best-selling products once
later versions of windows were rolled
out it became the markets dominant
graphical user interface and help
position Microsoft as one of the world’s
most powerful and lucrative companies
Microsoft then got involved with
multimedia applications like it’s
digital encyclopedia Microsoft Encarta
however not all of the company’s
products were successful in 1995
Microsoft released a new version of
Windows OS Windows 95 featured a new
user interface as well as ms-dos
integration with Windows and it sold
millions of copies within days the
online service and Internet service
provider MSN was also released during
this time though Microsoft was now at
the top of the game in productivity
software it missed out on the web this
forced the company to launch its own web
browser Internet Explorer Microsoft
eventually bundled Internet Explorer
with later versions of Windows and it
became a major player in the market it
was during the mid-90s that Microsoft
also became involved with DreamWorks to
produce multimedia projects as the
company became increasingly successful
and omnipresent the US Justice
Department filed an antitrust lawsuit
against Microsoft for attempting to
preserve monopolistic status in the
marketplace well there’s certainly been
stressful points along the way you know
I’d say try not to get sued by anybody
particularly not a problem
your own government that’s stress
inducing but this didn’t slow the
company down in 2001 Microsoft released
the popular OS Windows XP and the
electronic game console Xbox the more
powerful Xbox 360 came out next and it
ultimately became one of the most
popular consoles on the market during
the later half of the decade
Microsoft fell behind rivals like Apple
and Google in segments such as portable
music players and mobile phones
microsoft also released Windows Vista
and this OS was highly criticized for
several of its features during this
period Gates gave up his managing and
executive duties with the company in
2009 Microsoft released Windows 7 which
improved upon vistas features two years
later it made its largest acquisition to
that point the company purchased the
voice and video chat applications Skype
for over 8 billion dollars through an
aggressive product roadmap and
acquisitive nature the Microsoft
Corporation became
and remained one of the leading
technology firms in history
every home
welcome to watchmojo.com oh that’s time
and today we’re taking a look at the
history of Microsoft guys never
understood never understood the first
thing about this computer tech company
Microsoft was formed in 1975 in
Albuquerque New Mexico this was when
Paul Allen and Bill Gates developed
language software for the alt ire
microcomputer and sold it to the
electronics company MIT’s the software
was then distributed under the name
Altair basic and it became the PCs first
computer language program with gates as
CEO the company named Microsoft was
chosen and registered in 1976 as an
amalgamation of the words microcomputer
and software Microsoft continued
developing other programming languages
and by the end of 1978 the company’s
year-end sales figures surpassed 1
million dollars at this point
Microsoft only had 13 employees the
company relocated to Bellevue Washington
in 1979 and released the operating
systems Enix for 16-bit microprocessors
the following year next Microsoft
developed ms-dos the disk operating
system was packaged and released with
IBM’s first personal computer in 1981
but found success after many PC
manufacturers began to license it after
a cancer diagnosis in 1982 Allen became
less involved with the company however
during the 80s Microsoft became a leader
in home computer software and expanded
into other areas such as computer book
publishing with Microsoft press in 1984
Microsoft designed software for the new
Apple Macintosh computer and created a
hardware development division the next
year Microsoft Windows was made publicly
available that graphical operating
environment allowed users to interact
with various application programs
Microsoft went public in 1986 and it’s
surging stock prices made many
millionaires next the company introduced
products for the office including
Microsoft Works this program was
designed for the Apple Macintosh and
merged applications like a word
processor and spreadsheet notable
products released by Microsoft during
the remainder of the 1980s included the
first cd-rom application the Microsoft
bookshelf and the new Microsoft Mouse
the company assured in a new decade by
releasing Microsoft Office this
productivity software
Ahnold applications like Word Excel and
PowerPoint for Windows and became one of
Microsoft’s best-selling products once
later versions of windows were rolled
out it became the markets dominant
graphical user interface and help
position Microsoft as one of the world’s
most powerful and lucrative companies
Microsoft then got involved with
multimedia applications like it’s
digital encyclopedia Microsoft Encarta
however not all of the company’s
products were successful in 1995
Microsoft released a new version of
Windows OS Windows 95 featured a new
user interface as well as ms-dos
integration with Windows and it sold
millions of copies within days the
online service and Internet service
provider MSN was also released during
this time though Microsoft was now at
the top of the game in productivity
software it missed out on the web this
forced the company to launch its own web
browser Internet Explorer Microsoft
eventually bundled Internet Explorer
with later versions of Windows and it
became a major player in the market it
was during the mid-90s that Microsoft
also became involved with DreamWorks to
produce multimedia projects as the
company became increasingly successful
and omnipresent the US Justice
Department filed an antitrust lawsuit
against Microsoft for attempting to
preserve monopolistic status in the
marketplace well there’s certainly been
stressful points along the way you know
I’d say try not to get sued by anybody
particularly not a problem
your own government that’s stress
inducing but this didn’t slow the
company down in 2001 Microsoft released
the popular OS Windows XP and the
electronic game console Xbox the more
powerful Xbox 360 came out next and it
ultimately became one of the most
popular consoles on the market during
the later half of the decade
Microsoft fell behind rivals like Apple
and Google in segments such as portable
music players and mobile phones
microsoft also released Windows Vista
and this OS was highly criticized for
several of its features during this
period Gates gave up his managing and
executive duties with the company in
2009 Microsoft released Windows 7 which
improved upon vistas features two years
later it made its largest acquisition to
that point the company purchased the
voice and video chat applications Skype
for over 8 billion dollars through an
aggressive product roadmap and
acquisitive nature the Microsoft
Corporation became
and remained one of the leading
technology firms in history
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