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     1975 ,     ,     ,    Microsoft Corporation (Microcomputer Software Corporation).    4    ,  -.         ,      Basic,       MITS,          Altair.   ,      ,   25     1975  Microsoft   . ,     Allen-Gates,   ,      ,          Watergate' .         : -    .       -        ,     , ..   ,               .  -     ,   .          ,      Microsoft   .

  1977       - Fortran, -       CP/M,     .   1978   ,  Microsoft     Fortran'a.           - Cobol-80, -        8080, 8085  Z-80.     11 .             Basic  Microsoft   Apple  Radio Shack.   4  1978 . Microsoft         Basic,         16- .        18 .       ,       .    IBM     ,   Microsoft    .     IBM    Digital Research,        - CP/M,     8- .    , , ,     ,   ,      16- .  IBM    ,     Digital Research   -     . Microsoft          Digital Research. ,            ,     -   Seattle Computer Products      QDOS.         Seattle Computer Products      .        Microsoft ""  MSDOS      IBM.   ,       Digital Research.    IBM  Microsoft   ,   IBM        ,       MSDOS       .

 1982    . 1         ,    .  Apple    Microsoft,           Macintosh.     Microsoft    MSDOS.     -  320  -.     1982     MSDOS      50 ,        Microsoft.   ,                 IBM.      PC       Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Texas Instruments. Microsoft     ,    ,  MSDOS    80%  . IBM   Microsoft  ,           .  ,   ,  ,  ,    ,      IBM-.     "IBM-".          .

   1983  Microsoft      "" - Microsoft mouse,    $200.         Microsoft Multi-Tool Word,     MSDOS.     COMDEX        .     20   .       Microsoft Press,    .
  1984   Apple    ,          Microsoft: Basic  Multiplan.      .         ,     Microsoft.      Project,      .       MSDOS - 3.0  3.1.    -  1,2  -  10   .

    ,    Apple.  1983     Liza,        .     ,  ,   (   WIMP - windows, icons, menus, pointers (, , , ) -   ,   "wimp"    "", ""). ,   , Liza    ,  Microsoft ""   Liza     Windows.     ?   ,   1985     Windows 1.0.     20 .         .  Windows      In'A'Vision.               -  .            140  .       Excel  Macintosh.

  1986         ,        21  28   .   Microsoft         .   "   "  "  " - Microsoft Excel  Macintosh, "  ", "  ", "  " - Microsoft Windows.
1987      IBM  Microsoft   OS/2.         - - Bookshelf.        Excel  Windows.
 1988   Office  Macintosh,   Microsoft Mouse,    OS/2.    Windows 2.0.       :           ""  Intel.
   1989.      Microsoft Multimedia,             . -        MS Office  -.      ,  Microsoft  IBM      .         Microsoft  Corbis.

  1990          .      100%     Microsoft.          MS DOS.        Windows 3.0.       15-.     Microsoft   ?       ,      - 1  18  .    5975 .               Windows,   Windows Computing Marketing Program.             -      .

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  1991  () Microsoft    MS Excel 3.0  Windows 3.0.    MS Excel   Macintosh  OS/2.     26%  Dorling Kindersley, Ltd.      .         ,         Microsoft - Microsoft's Multimedia Publishing Group.      Ballpoint Mouse - ,      . 20  1990 .  Windows World 91 (, )      Visual Basic. 11     MS DOS 5.0.          - Works for Windows 3.0.   -     , ,    .
  1992 .   MS SQL Server 4.2.   Microsoft      .      Windows    .     OS/2 2.0.         MS DOS  Windows. OS/2       :             ,     ,     Object Oriental Workplace Shell         .      Fox Software Inc.    Windows 3.1,      (!) .         23   .  ,       ,   500  .      Microsoft  Fox Software.       "3-for-2 stock split".    ?  3  1992 .           . 15     Microsoft  Hewlett-Packard  Apple       .        Windows 2.3    Windows 3.0    Apple       .     Software Magazine            ,  , 23 ,    -     National Medal of Technology     .    ,   MS Windows for Workgroup 3.11    www.      ,   -.         ,    .       COMDEX 92 Microsoft       Microsoft Access  Windows. 1  1992 .    Microsoft  .

  1993 .     Microsoft Word for Windows.        - Microsoft Encarta.     , ,     , ,   . 30   MS DOS 6.0,        - DoubleSpace.           .   Windows        -        25 .        - Microsoft Mouse 2.0,        ,   .   Windows World          Microsoft.    Fortune  Microsoft "1993 Most Innovate Company Opera-ting in the U.S.A." - "    1993 ".        ,       -   Creative Writer   Fine Artist.

    ,    MS Windows NT.    Microsoft            Novell.    Windows NT  NetWare.   NT   OS/2 3.0,             , ,   ,     ,  NetWare.     MS Windows NT.
  1994 .      Windows   Microsoft Plus.         ,      . Microsoft Plus     Windows,  .     1994  Windows 3.11    ,      300.000.    ,    Microsoft   .   -  Linux 1.0.           .            .      Lexmark WinWriter 600,      Windows,   CeBIT      - "The Top Product".      SOFTIMAGE Inc.,     -   , . 8        Windows    "Chicago" - MS Windows 95.      ,       3.,       .     (Bob Herbold)   - . 14        Microsoft,    "Where do you want to go today?" ("    ?").  1994      ,  Microsoft      .         ,             .

  1995        Windows 95 "Microsoft Bob for Windows 95".     : ,  ,    ,     .    Microsoft   DreamWorks SKG     ,            .         DreamWorks Interactive.     ,        DreamWorks SKG.     1995     "Microsoft Mail"     ,     . 14  - Windows 95   ,  24     .         (    ),  -,  .  4            .  ,    20-       .         MS BackOffice 1.5.       - MS Internet Explorer. 24         "  ".            ,       20 .        MBC         MSNBC Cable,   - MSNBC Online.

 1996      Windows 95.      25   .   ,         .          ActiveX,        American Online.           MS Internet Explorer. 2            (  .) MS Exchange Server.    Microsoft   MCI  Digital        ,        . 16            ,  MS SQL Server 6.5.     ,     .        -   - Normandy. 11     eShop Inc. 13   - (, )      .        Microsoft   .     ,       : MS Office 97, Windows NT Server 4.0, Normandy, Directory Server. 15       Microsoft  NBC -     MSNBC.       -    Visual Java . 31    Windows NT 4.0,           :   ,  - IIS (Internet Information Server),  ,       ,   .     OEM Service Pack  Windows 95.      ,      Microsoft.      Internet Explorer 3.3,  Dial-Up Networking,          FAT 32.  1996     Interactive Media Group   "State".        Vermeer Technology.

 1997     -   Windows NT 5.0.       10%   RealNetwork,    Apple $150 .    Hotmail,   LinkExchange.  1997     Internet Explorer'a - 4.0.

 1998  Microsoft        ,        Windows 98. 25    MS Windows 98.      Internet Explorer  ,      ,  Windows API.   $200    Qwest,      TV Cabo, UK Telewest.   Firefly Network.

  1999    - .  MS Windows 98 SE.       ,      . Microsoft     : Nextel Communications, WebMD, AT&T.   5%  UK NTL cable TV networking.        Liberty Media Europe  Pan-Europe Communications cable.

 2000   MS Windows Millenium.        ,      NT-.       DOS-,      .  $50    26%  Gilat Sattelite Networks,    $40   CAIS Internet.
   2002   Windows XP.    ,  Microsoft   .       -  ,  ,    ,     ...
