TABLE OF CONTENTS MICROSOFT HISTORY 1 EARLY INFLUENCES 2 FIRST BUSINESS VENTURE 3 EDUCATION ATTEMPT 3 THE MOTIVATIONAL SIDE OF FEAR 4 A JAPANESE CONNECTION 5 IBM INFLUENCE 5 SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST 6 A CRUCIAL DEAL 6 COMPETITION ERRORS 7 BIRTH OF WINDOWS 7 MISSION STATEMENT AND ANALYSI...

Apple Computers Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II, and reinvented the PC in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Basically, Apple created the PC industry, and then a few years later Apple set the high bar for what is now one of the world's largest industries....