History of Microsoft
BASIC, the first Microsoft application After Gates read a January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics magazine describing his Altair 8800 computer. He also contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), a computer maker, to tell him that he and a friend It has been developing software using the BASIC codec language and may be compatible with corporate computers. Yes. But in reality, he and his friend Allen have not used the Altair yet and will not. Has not written any program for it yet, what he wants is to attract the attention of MITS. Only his team. MITS CEO at the time, Ed Roberts, agreed to meet with Gates's team to see their presentation. . Just a few weeks later, Gates and Allen developed the Altair emulator running on a minicomputer. And BASIC code translator as he promised.
The presentation was held at MITS headquarters in Albuquerque and was very successful as a result of Gates and Allen. Get the cooperation from MITS to be the distributor of BASIC translator above, the company named the program Altair BASIC. Paul Allen has been hired by MITS, while Gates has asked Harvard for a long-term leave to attend. With Allen in November 1975. They both named their collaboration "Micro-Soft" and launched their first office, which Located in Albuquerque directly. A year later their company changed its name to "Microsoft" and on November 26, 1976 the Microsoft name was registered. Trade in New Mexico. After that, Gates never went back to graduate from Harvard.
Microsoft seceded from MITS in late 1976 and continued to develop other software for various systems. On January 1, 1979, the company relocated to Bellevue, Washington.
Collaboration with IBM
IBM contacted Microsoft in July 1980 to discuss the development of a new operating system for Equipped with its latest home PC, the "IBM PC". When an IBM representative confirmed that his company needed a new operating system, Gates asked them to contact Contact Digital Research (DRI), the developer of the CP / M operating system. However, the talks between IBM and DRI were not successful, so IBM decided to ask Microsoft and Gates to be the developer of the operating system. Its new. A few weeks later, Gates proposed that IBM use 86-DOS (QDOS), a software similar to CP / M and an operating system. Developed by SCP. As a result, Microsoft contacted SCP and reached an agreement to become a distributor and then acquired Exclusive 86-DOS software from SCP. After making some changes, Microsoft released the new software to IBM under the name PC DOS for a fee. Purchase for about $ 50,000.
However, Gates did not sell the PC DOS patents to IBM because he believed other companies would make them. Other computers must have made computers imitating IBM. What he expected came true, and after that sales of MS-DOS reached a point. Top and will be the most in-demand software in the computer industry at that time. Although the new software comes with the IBM name, the media considers Microsoft to be On the other hand, those who influence the computers. Then, on June 25, 1981, Microsoft reorganized its leadership and announced the appointment of Bill Gates also serves as chairman and CEO of his board of directors.
Windows
Microsoft launched its first Microsoft Windows operating system on November 20, 1985, and in August The following year, Microsoft also partnered with IBM to
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