Microsoft Corporation
<company> 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).
Home (http://www.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://www.research.microsoft.com).
Win_News (http://www.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.
