Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft

   <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).

   (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)