The wonder of Windows
Microsoft introduced its successful office product, Microsoft Office on August 8, 1989. Microsoft Office had applications like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel etc. On May 22, 1990 Microsoft launched Windows 3.0.
Later it was followed successive versions -- Windows 95, 98 and 2000. More than 1 million copies of Microsoft Windows 95 were sold within 4 days of its launch.With several versions of Microsoft Windows, the company captured over 90 per cent market share.
Innovations continued to rule at Microsoft. In 2001, Microsoft launched Office XP, followed by Windows XP. In 2002, Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC. Microsoft launches Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System to consumers worldwide.
Today, the company manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. The most popular products are Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.
Image: A customer looks at a display of desktop computers running the new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system . | Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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