History of Microsoft
The name 'Micro-soft' was first used by Paul Allen to refer to his partnership with Bill Gates on 11/29/75. This is the earliest known written record of the use of the name in the companies history. The company created its version of BASIC (Its first product) for the machine created by MITS and licensed this to MITS on 2/1/75. The company also licensed its version of BASIC to GE, Citibank and a host of others. The name "Microsoft" was registered on 11/26/76. The first international office of the company was established when Microsoft formed a strategic partnership with Kazuhiko Nishi, founder of ASCII Corporation in Japan. In 1979 Microsoft expanded into European markets. Microsoft announced its third language product, Microsoft COBOL-80 on 4/11/78. Microsoft's year end sales exceeded $1 million dollars for the first time in 1978. In 1980 Steve Ballmer arrived, who is the current CEO of the company. In 1981 MS-DOS made an appearance for the first time. It debuted on IBM's personal computer on 8/12/81. This was the first super successful product of Microsoft. On 6/25/81 Microsoft reorganized into a privately held corporation with Bill Gates as President and Chairman of the Board and Paul Allen as Executive Vice President.
With the current tragedy the Microsoft Corporation has taken a hit, but nothing too drastic. , the HomeAdvisor online real estate service and the CarPoint online automotive services. MSN, The Microsoft Network online service, was also launched in the same year. Microsoft's current stock price is $67. Going into 1998, for the first time ever, Exchange Server outsold Lotus Notes in the first quarter of the calendar year 1998. In 1986 itself Microsoft moved to its new 4-building corporate campus surrounding "Lake Bill" in Redmond, Washington. In the past quarter Microsoft ranked a 1. Microsoft has four product segments: Desktop and Enterprise Software and Services, Consumer Software, Services and Devices, Consumer Commerce Investments, and Other. With the launch of the Xbox, Microsoft moved into the console gaming industry. Other games include Combat Flight Simulator, Age of Empires, MechWarrior, Microsoft Links, and other sports and action titles.
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