History with Microsoft
Bill started Microsoft with his good friend Paul Allen. Together, in 1975, Gates and Allen wrote their first computer software program for the MITS computer, “a small virtually useless computer”, as Gates put it. From there Allen and Gates travel the Western United States promoting their software. Within months the two of them were signing a licensing agreement with MITS for their program “BASIC”, and within three months the two of them develop a partnership which was known as Micro-soft at the time. From there the company begins to unfold. In the next year 1976 (when the Apple 1 was released) the company revamped their BASIC program. In November Allen resigned from MITS and took on Microsoft full time (Greenstein 2008). With revenues creeping up to 22,000 Microsoft is able to produce its first ad campaign called “Legend of Micro-Kid”. The following year Microsoft developed the Apple 2 and from there Microsoft released three new programs beyond the BASIC program.
Microsoft began shipping its programs in different languages and had revenues of nearly $400,000 for the company and then the next year revenues of $1 million. Several years passed with Gates and Allen creating and selling programs to numerous different clients, but in 1981 Gates moved Microsoft Corp. north to Seattle, Washington. (Stevenson 2005). From there, they were hired to create MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) for IBM computers. Then, in 1986, Microsoft Corp. went public and Bill became an instant millionaire (Stevenson). Within ten years in 1986 the company was making an astonishing 200 million dollars, and the company was moving at a vast pace, succumbing many other companies in their path. Through Microsoft, Gates also became a global “megaman" by developing branches all around the world, creating many jobs, and making a long lasting effect on the world with innovation after innovation.
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Microsoft began shipping its programs in different languages and had revenues of nearly $400,000 for the company and then the next year revenues of $1 million. Several years passed with Gates and Allen creating and selling programs to numerous different clients, but in 1981 Gates moved Microsoft Corp. north to Seattle, Washington. (Stevenson 2005). From there, they were hired to create MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) for IBM computers. Then, in 1986, Microsoft Corp. went public and Bill became an instant millionaire (Stevenson). Within ten years in 1986 the company was making an astonishing 200 million dollars, and the company was moving at a vast pace, succumbing many other companies in their path. Through Microsoft, Gates also became a global “megaman" by developing branches all around the world, creating many jobs, and making a long lasting effect on the world with innovation after innovation.
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The History of Microsoft - 1975. (2009, February 4). Channel 9.MSDN [Video file]. Retrieved from http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/History/The-History-of-Microsoft-1975
