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By the late 1980s, it would eventually lose out to Microsoft Excel.
#HOW TO CREATE A TIMELINE IN MICROSOFT WORD 2010 SOFTWARE#
Lotus Software releases Lotus 1-2-3, a spreadsheet program that becomes the IBM PC's first killer application, and which established the spreadsheet standard for the PC.
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Microsoft formally launches its International Division and sets up subsidiaries in Europe and elsewhere, finding local agents to handle its business interests Ĭompaq releases its first PC-compatible machine with IBM compatible clones, which hurt IBM but helped Microsoft (as it had to license DOS from Microsoft), but any application developed to run on the PC could still run on Compaq machines. As DOS was the only operating system available on the PC when it was introduced in New York City, this paves way to the future domination by the MS-DOS operating system. IBM announces the release of the IBM Personal Computer, which becomes the dominant personal computer. Microsoft buys the rights for QDOS from Seattle Computer Products (without telling SCP that it had a lucrative contract with IBM). This, in turn, was the beginning for both the Bundling of Microsoft Windows, and Wintelism, as IBM personal computers and Intel were also bundled with each other. Microsoft signs a contract with IBM to develop an operating system for IBM's first personal computer. The company's first international office was founded on November 1, 1978, in Japan, entitled "ASCII Microsoft" (now called "Microsoft Japan"). The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of August 11, 2021.īill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft. Microsoft releases Windows 10, whose features help it compete with Google and Facebook to establish the strongest hold over people's digital lives. Microsoft appoints Satya Nadella as CEO, and its stock starts recovering again.
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Windows 8 is released, but it is considered to be a botched release. Some question Microsoft's future under Steve Balmer. The desktop operating system market is collapsing, as is the market share of Windows-based programming languages among developers.
Bill Gates continues to have diminishing involvement over the company. Apple, Microsoft's old nemesis, would also introduce the iPhone, which would gradually eat into the overall Microsoft share of computing devices. Microsoft also starts losing its share of the browser market to Firefox and Google Chrome, and MSN starts losing share of the search engine market to Google. While it still retains a significant share in the desktop operating system market, it does not anticipate the smartphone revolution.
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Microsoft releases Windows Vista (which is considered to be a botched release), and then Windows 7 to fix up the botch-up. Microsoft also releases the Xbox, which would eventually compete with the Playstation as one of the most popular gaming devices. Microsoft releases Windows ME (considered to be a botched release), which is then patched up by the popular Windows XP, which retains an overwhelming share of the OS market for a long time. It also goes through an antitrust lawsuit. It expands its presence on the Internet, and it develops an overwhelming share of the desktop operating system and Internet browser market. Microsoft releases Windows 95 and Windows 98, both which become extremely popular. Until 1995, Microsoft had failed to take advantage of the rising popularity of the Internet. This would lead it to dominate much of the software market and put it in conflict with Apple Inc. Microsoft moves to Redmond, IPOs, launches Microsoft Office and its first GUI. Microsoft is founded and starts out creating its first software products, such as the MS-DOS operating system.