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  1. Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975, by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MicrosoftMicrosoft - Wikipedia

    Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows.

  3. Oct 9, 2015 · Learn how Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft, a company that makes computer software, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Find out how Microsoft became a global technology giant with products like Windows, Internet Explorer and Xbox.

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  4. 4 days ago · Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company that has been a key player in the computer industry since its founding in 1975. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft initially gained dominance in the operating systems market during the 1980s and ’90s with MS-DOS and

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  6. news.microsoft.com › announcement › microsoft-is-bornMicrosoft is born - Stories

    Microsoft is born. Inspired by the January cover of Popular Electronics magazine, friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft – sometimes Micro-Soft, for microprocessors and software – to develop software for the Altair 8800, an early personal computer.

  7. Jan 10, 2020 · Learn how Microsoft was founded in 1975 by two childhood friends, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and how they developed various products such as MS-DOS, Windows, Office, and Xbox. Find out the origin of the name Microsoft and the milestones of its history.

  8. Feb 4, 2009. Thirty-four years ago, a nineteen year old kid and his twenty-two year old business partner sold their first program to a little computer company in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The program was called BASIC, and it was the start of this company we call Microsoft.