Wednesday, September 16, 2009

The History of Microsoft Corporation


Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft was founded in 1975, in Albuquerque, New Mexico by William "bill' Gates and Paul Allen. Bill gates dropped out of school to work with Paul Allen to start Microsoft. Then in 1979 they relocated to Redmond,Washington. The company was developed to sell basic interpreters for the Altair 8800,which was a computer with an 8 inch floppy disk system. Its first mission was to have a computer on every desk and in every home running Microsoft Software. In 1981, Microsoft became incorporated and its 16-bit operating system MS-DOS 1.0 is introduced in IBM's personal computer. The companies first international office was in Japan it was named ASCII Japan, that was founded in 1978. Then Microsoft went to add Steve Ballmer as CEO in 1981. Microsoft began to develop various programs and computer software and hardware over the next decade that would soon shape the world of technology , and Microsoft would become the leading computer service company of the world.


Where do you think it will be in the next 5 years? and what do you think would help them become stronger and more dominant?

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