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The Begining
Mictosoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen -
Drop out
Bill Gates drops out of Harvard. Microsoft is registered with the Office of the Secratery of the state of New Mexico -
Independent
Microsoft becomes independent of MITS and continued to produce language software for various systems -
Moving day
The company moves from Albuquerque to Bellevue, Washington -
IBM
IBM aproched Microsoft to write the BASIC inturpreter for their upcoming computer -
New President & Chairman
Gates becomes the new president and chairman of the board of Microsoft -
Microsft Windows
Bill Gates anounces the release of Windows -
Windows 1.0
Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released and is sold for $100 -
Windows 2.0
Microsoft Windows 2.0 is relesed and priced at $100 -
Windows 386
Microsoft releases Windows 386 at $100 -
Windows 286
Windows 286 introduced and sold at $100 -
Windows 3.0
Windows 3.0 was released and full version was priced at $149.95. Upgraded version was priced at $79.95 -
Windows NT
Microsoft changes name of OS/2 to Windows NT in partnership with IBM -
Windows 3.0a
Windows 3.0a with multimedia was released -
Windows 3.1
Windows 3.1 released and more than 1 million copies were sold withing the first two months of release -
Windows for Workgroups 3.1
Windows fo Workgroup 3.1 was released -
25 Million
number of lisensed users totaled 25 million people -
Windows NT 3.1
Windows NT 3.1 was released -
Windows 3.11
Windows 3.11 an update of 3.1 was released -
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was released -
Windows NT 3.5
Windows NT 3.5 was released -
Windows NT 3.51
Windows NT 3.51 was released -
Windows 95
Sells more than 1 million copies in 4 days -
4.0
Windows NT 4.0 released -
Windows CE 1.0
Windows CE 1.0 was released -
CE 2.0
Windows CE 2.0 was released -
Future releases
Windows NT would no longer have the initials NT but would be Windows 2000 -
Windows 98
Windows 98 was released -
CE 2.1
Window released CE 2.1 -
CE 3.0
CE 3.0 was released -
Second Edition
Windows 98 SE was released -
Pocket PC
Bill Gates anounces the new windows version of CE will be called Pocket PC -
Windows 2000
Microsoft announces Windows 2000 -
Windows XP
Windows XP is released -
Windows XP 64-Bit
Microsoft released Windows XP 64-Bit 2002 Edition -
Windows Server
Microsoft intruduces Windows Server 2003 -
Windows XP Media Center
Microsoft introduces Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003 -
Windows XP Media Center
Microsoft introduces XP Media Center Edition 2005 -
Windows XP Professional
Microsoft introduces XP Professional x64 Edition -
Codename Longhorn
Windows announces the new product codenamed "Longhorn" which would later be called Windows Vista -
Windows Vista
Microsoft introduces Windows Vista to corporations -
Vista and Office
Windows Vista and Windows Office is relesed to the public -
Windows 7
Windows 7 is released -
Windows ME
Microsoft announces Windows Millenium (ME)