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Year
|
Event
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1975
|
Gates
and Allen form a partnership company called Microsoft
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1980
|
Gates
and Allen hire Gates’ former Harvard classmate Steve Ballmer to help run the
company, June 1980.
|
1980
|
IBM
approaches Microsoft about a project code-named "Chess", July 1980.
|
1983
|
Bill
Gates announces Microsoft Windows November 10, 1983.
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1985
|
Microsoft
Windows 1.0 is introduced in November 20, 1985 and is initially sold for
$100.00.
|
1987
|
Microsoft Windows 2.0 was released December 9, 1987 and is
initially sold for $100.00.
|
1987
|
Microsoft
Windows/386 or Windows 386 is introduced December 9, 1987 and is initially
sold for $100.00.
|
1988
|
Microsoft
Windows/286 or Windows 286 is
introduced June, 1988 and is initially sold for $100.00.
|
1988
|
Microsoft
becomes the world’s largest PC software company based on sales.
|
1990
|
Microsoft
Windows 3.0 was released May, 22 1990. Microsoft Windows 3.0 full version was
priced at $149.95 and the upgrade version was priced at $79.95.
|
1991
|
Following
its decision not to develop operating systems cooperatively with IBM, Microsoft
changes the name of OS/2 to Windows NT.
|
1991
|
Microsoft
Windows 3.0 or Windows 3.0a with multimedia was released October, 1991.
|
1992
|
Microsoft
Windows 3.1 was released April, 1992 and sells more than one million copies
within the first two months of its release.
|
1992
|
Microsoft
Windows for Workgroups 3.1 was released October, 1992.
|
1993
|
Microsoft
Windows NT 3.1 was released July 27, 1993.
|
1993
|
Microsoft
Windows 3.11, an update to Windows 3.1 is released December 31, 1993.
|
1993
|
The
number of licensed users of Microsoft Windows now totals more than 25
million.
|
1994
|
Microsoft
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was released February, 1994.
|
1994
|
Microsoft
Windows NT 3.5 was released September 21, 1994.
|
1995
|
Microsoft
Windows NT 3.51 was released May 30, 1995.
|
1995
|
Microsoft
Windows 95 was released August 24, 1995 and sells more than one million
copies within 4 days.
|
1995
|
Microsoft
Windows 95 Service Pack 1 (4.00.950A) is released February 14, 1996.
|
1996
|
Microsoft
Windows NT 4.0 was released July 29, 1996.
|
1996
|
Microsoft
Windows 95 (4.00.950B) aka OSR2 with FAT32 and MMX support is released August
24, 1996.
|
1996
|
Microsoft
Windows CE 1.0 was released November, 1996.
|
1997
|
Microsoft
Windows CE 2.0 was released November, 1997.
|
1997
|
Microsoft
Windows 95 (4.00.950C) aka OSR2.5 is released November 26, 1997.
|
1998
|
Microsoft
Windows 98 was released June, 1998.
|
1998
|
Microsoft
Windows CE 2.1 was released July, 1998.
|
1998
|
In
October of 1998 Microsoft announced that future releases of Windows NT would
no longer have the initials of NT and that the next edition would be Windows
2000.
|
1999
|
Microsoft
Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) was released May 5, 1999.
|
1999
|
Microsoft
Windows CE 3.0 was released 1999.
|
2000
|
On
January 4th at CES Bill Gates announces the new version of Windows CE will be
called Pocket PC.
|
2000
|
Microsoft
Windows 2000 was released February 17, 2000.
|
2000
|
Microsoft
Windows ME (Millennium) released June 19, 2000.
|
2001
|
Microsoft
Windows XP is released October 25, 2001.
|
2001
|
Microsoft
Windows XP 64-Bit edition (Version 2002) for Itanium systems is released
March 28, 2003.
|
2003
|
Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003.
|
2003
|
Microsoft
Windows XP 64-Bit edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is released on
March 28, 2003.
|
2003
|
Microsoft
Windows XP Media Center edition 2003 is released on December 18, 2003.
|
2004
|
Microsoft
Windows XP Media Center edition 2005 is released on October 12, 2004.
|
2005
|
Microsoft
Windows XP Professional x64 edition is released on April 24, 2005.
|
2005
|
Microsoft
announces its next operating system, codenamed "Longhorn" will be
named Windows Vista on July 23, 2005.
|
2006
|
Microsoft
releases Microsoft Windows Vista to corporations on November 30, 2006.
|
2007
|
Microsoft
releases Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the general
public January 30, 2007.
|
2008
|
Microsoft
releases Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to the public on February 27, 2008.
|
2009
|
Microsoft
releases Windows 7 October 22, 2009.
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2012
|
Microsoft
releases Windows Server 2012 on September 4, 2012.
|
2012
|
Microsoft
releases Windows 8 October 26, 2012.
|
2015
|
Microsoft
releases Windows 10 on July 29, 2015.
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