Before Windows introduced its modern GUI system, Microsoft was well-known for its iconic command-line operating system, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.
goes on to found Microsoft with childhood friend Paul Allen. Ballmer to become the company’s first business manager. 1981 – In August, Microsoft releases its new operating software Microsoft Disk ...
With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal computers. Microsoft Corp. got its start on PCs in ...