microsoft corporation
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Microsoft
The biggest supplier of operating systems and
other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products
include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT,
Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server,
Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, and {SNA
Server} for Windows NT.
Microsoft was founded as "Micro-soft" in 1975 by Bill Gates
(now CEO) and his high school pal Paul Allen. Their first
product was a version of BASIC for the new Altair computer
[which one?]. In 1980, IBM chose Microsoft to supply the
operating system for the IBM PC.
On the UK television program "The Net" in May 1994, {Bill
Gates} said he was betting his company on the {information
highway}".
Quarterly sales $1293M, profits $362M (Aug 1994).
(http://microsoft.com/).
(ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/).
{Interesting Info and Other Microsoft WWW Servers
(http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}.
{Microsoft Windows Developer Information
(http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}.
{Microsoft Research Group Information
(http://research.microsoft.com)}.
{Win_News
(http://microsoft.com/chicago/ms-www/ms-intro.htm)}.
maintained by the Personal Operating Systems Division to
distribute information on Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS and
Windows 95.
(1998-11-06)
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