spickid101 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 this is one of my technology course questions, i really need help, when did it start?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted March 28, 2005 Check out these Links. They might help..1. History of Microsoft on the web2. History of MS Windows3. History of MS-DOS4. Company history of Microsoft5. Microsoft through the Years6. History of WindowsAll the best with your course Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jipman 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2005 Or you could just say 1985 when the world was sentenced to eternal damnnation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jipman 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2005 Whoops i'm sorry, 1975... (ps. any mod. plz join the 2 posts ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trekkie101 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2005 Wont matter, you get less points that way anyway :(Some nice reading in those links thought, 1 server Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the empty calorie 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2005 Oh it was 1985....Not when Microsoft was founded, but when Windows was released...But what I really wanty to know is, with so many different options at the time, why would anyone go with Windows? It was the worst grapical interface of them all for IBM-compatibles.. GEM and GEOS were much more sophisticated...but also what bugs me is....why was the IBM-compatible even purchased by anyone, when you could have a computer that was better by leaps and bounds (I'm referring to the Amiga) for just about the same cost? Also related to this....Interesting little fact: when IBM was designing the IBM-PC, the original consideration for the processor was the Motorola 68000. but was dropped in favour of the 8086 (or rather, the dummied-down version, the 8088, which was designed for an 8-bit bus). Why did IBM make this decision? They said the 68000 was too powerful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hachi-Roku 0 Report post Posted April 2, 2005 (edited) Microsoft...EWW Go SuSE!!!(Novell)! Linux r t3h b3st0rzCross out the question and Write who invented linux?Then write Linus(P.s: Linus is my homeboy) lol Notice from szupie: Please, stay on topic. This is a discussion on when Microsoft started, not what OS you prefer. Don't do this again. Edited April 2, 2005 by szupie (see edit history) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxrulz1405241485 0 Report post Posted April 3, 2005 Microsoft was founded in 1975 and Windows was first created in 1981 (according to Microsoft Windows 98 and Wikipedia)One stop click: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoftand if you're an Open Source or Linux guy like me, look here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linuxxboxrulz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
