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==== Employee nonreaction to an earthquake ==== | ==== Employee nonreaction to an earthquake ==== | ||
- | During the 2001 earthquake, the Microsoft employees in Seattle only left the building when they got a message on their computer screens saying, " | + | During the 2001 earthquake, the Microsoft employees in Seattle only left the building when they got a message on their computer screens saying, " |
==== Microsoft earns more from cloud than from Windows ==== | ==== Microsoft earns more from cloud than from Windows ==== | ||
- | Since 2019 Microsoft is earning more from cloud services (mostly Azure) than from Windows or any other traditional product group, including hardware. Moreover, Azure revenue grew 48 percent, while Windows OEM licenses fell 5 percent for the quarter ending September 2020. [([[https:// | + | Since 2019, Microsoft is earning more from cloud services (mostly Azure) than from Windows or any other traditional product group, including hardware. Moreover, Azure revenue grew 48 percent, while Windows OEM licenses fell 5 percent for the quarter ending September 2020. [([[https:// |
==== Linux ==== | ==== Linux ==== | ||
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+ | ==== 1975 ===== | ||
+ | Microsoft is a software and hardware company founded in 1975. [([[https:// | ||
- | {{tag> | + | ==== Founding fathers ==== |
+ | Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1977, the company moved to Bellevue, Washington, only to move again in 1986 to its current headquarters in Redmond. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== MS-DOS ==== | ||
+ | In 1981, Microsoft bought 86-DOS from Seattle Computer Products and renamed it MS-DOS. Its great advantage was its operational efficiency and simplicity, which was appreciated by many manufacturers installing this system on their computers. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Windows 1.0 ==== | ||
+ | In 1985, Microsoft released Windows 1.0. However, it was not a new operating system, but only a graphical overlay on MS-DOS. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== First version of MS Office ==== | ||
+ | In 1989, the first version of MS Office was created, which did not have quite easy on the market, as it had quite strong competition in the form of, for example, WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3, but gradually the Microsoft suite began to dominate. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Windows 3.1 NT ==== | ||
+ | In 1993, Microsoft released Windows 3.1 NT, which was based on a completely new kernel. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Windows 95 ==== | ||
+ | In 1995 Windows 95 was released. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Gates vs Job ==== | ||
+ | Although Bill Gates and Steve Jobs competed with each other for decades, in the early days of the two companies they were friends and worked together during the development of software for the first Macintosh computer, but they became enemies when they began producing similar software for their companies. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Microsoft to the rescue ==== | ||
+ | In 1997, Apple was facing bankruptcy when Microsoft invested $150 million in the company, bailing out perhaps its biggest competitor. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Patents ==== | ||
+ | Microsoft' | ||
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+ | ==== Windows XP desktop photo ==== | ||
+ | The famous Windows XP desktop photo is probably the most viewed photo in history, and it was taken in 1996. It was taken by photographer Charles O' | ||
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+ | ==== 150,000 employees ==== | ||
+ | Microsoft currently has about 150,000 employees. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Inclusion ==== | ||
+ | At Microsoft, factors such as race, gender, or sexual orientation play no role, and the company itself actively promotes diversity around the world. [([[https:// | ||
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