Windows 2.0 used the real-mode memory model, limiting memory access to 1MB.Īugust 1, 1989:Microsoft introduces the first version of Office suite of productivity applications. Windows 2.0 allowed application windows to overlap each other unlike its predecessor Windows 1.0, which could display only tiled windows. Windows 2.0 was also the first Microsoft’s platform which could run Microsoft’s Word and Excel applications. It is a 16-bit GUI-based operating environment, the successor to Windows 1.0. March 13, 1986: Microsoft becomes a public stock company.ĭecember 9, 1987: Windows 2.0 is released. moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington. It had, though, desktop features such as the MS-DOS Executive file manager, Notepad, Calendar, Terminal, Cardfile, Clock, Calculator, Clipboard, Print Spooler, and RAMDrive for managing memory cards designed to beat the PC’s 640KB memory limit, Windows Paint and Windows Write, Windows 1.0 even had a game, called Reversi.Windows 1.0 cost $99, as a special introductory offer.įebruary 26, 1986: Microsoft Inc. November 20, 1985:Microsoft releases Windows 1.0, a graphical personal computer operating environment that enabled users to see user friendly icons on screen. The release of the Windows 1.0 meant the end for Microsoft’s command-line DOS (short for Disk Operating System), but the first version of Windows could only support tiled windows. June 25, 1981:Incorporation of Microsoft.Īugust 12, 1981: IBM introduces its first personal computer which runs MS-DOS 1.0, Microsoft’s 16-bit operating system. January 1, 1979: Microsoft moves its headquarters from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Bellevue, Washington. The company’s name spelled as Micro-Soft at the time. 3 The History of Microsoft (1975-2001) Īpri 4, 1975: Microsoft is founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates with the purpose of developing and selling BASIC interpreters for Altair 8800, a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU.1 Important Dates in Microsoft’s History.
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