microsoft

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microsoft - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

microsoft - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Microsoft
  
  
     The new Evil Empire (the old one was IBM). The basic complaints
     are, as formerly with IBM, that (a) their system designs are horrible
     botches, (b) we can't get source to fix them, and (c) they throw
     their weight around a lot. See also Halloween Documents.