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Microsoft timeline
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Bill gates is born
History of MicrosoftBill Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955. -
Dropped out of harverd at age 18
Hisry of MicrosoftHistory of Microsoft</a> Gates left for Harvard University. He enrolled as a prelaw student, but spent most of his time in the campus computer center -
Microsoft is created
History of MicrosoftMicrosoft was formed by a Harvard College Dropout called Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates III on October 28, 1955. He was born to a family that was successful in business, living a comfortable upper middle class life in Seattle, Washington -
windows
Histyory of MicrosoftThe company went through some rough first years, but eventually were able to license MS-DOS to IBM. The IBM PC took the public by storm, and its success signaled the success of Microsoft. Microsoft continued writing software, for businesses as well as the consumer market. In 1986, the company went public, and Gates became a 31-year old billionaire. -
Windows 95 adds internet explorer
History of MicrosoftIn 1995, Gates knew that the Internet was the next area of focus, and the course of Microsoft shifted dramatically. The popular Internet Explorer browser soon became a bestseller. Today, Microsoft software is everywhere. -
window 98 is made
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windows 2000
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windows xp
Hsory of Microsoftwindows xp is made -
windows vista
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windows 7 is made
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Wndows makes wrist watch computers
windows in light portables watch form