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Microsoft Corporation - 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 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).

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Win_News. maintained by the Personal Operating Systems Division to distribute information on Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS and Windows 95.

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The statement cited Microsoft Corporation and Oracle among those whom the state company is seeking cooperation with.

Iraqi IT firm seeks cooperation with MS, Oracle by Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq)

The state should not start fighting Microsoft Corporation or any other company, but rather use information and computer technology to raise the effectiveness of the government's apparatus," the association said in an open letter to the Dombrovskis' government.

Cash-strapped Latvia mulls switching from Microsoft by AFP / AFP Global Edition

The Government of Kyrgyzstan and Microsoft Corporation have signed the memorandum, which will allow the government to access the innovative government program of the Microsoft Corporation, reported the prime minister's press office.

Microsoft Corporation to help Kyrgyz Government to save US$60 million ... by AKIpress News Agency

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