When Microsoft launched several versions of Microsoft Windows in the 1990s, they had captured over 90% market share of the world’s personal computers. Here you can select one of the existing themes, use your custom theme or download a new theme from the Microsoft Store and use it. Not only can you select the desired theme for your PC, but you can also get some more themes online. Microsoft Corporation, based in Redmond, WA, is a global leader in software, services, and solutions with annual sales revenue exceeding $55 billion. Within hours, CrowdStrike released a patch for the faulty update that prevented future crashes, but affected computers had to be fixed manually, so problems persisted for some time.

present: Acquisitions, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows 11

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• Due to potential copyright infringement problems with CP/M, IBM marketed both CP/M and PC DOS for US$240 and US$40, respectively, with PC DOS eventually becoming the standard because of its lower price.
• On October 8, 2017, Joe Belfiore announced that work on Windows 10 Mobile was drawing to a close due to lack of market penetration and resultant lack of interest from app developers.

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• However, Microsoft encountered more turmoil in March 2004 when antitrust legal action would be brought against it by the European Union for allegedly abusing its market dominance (see Microsoft Corp. v. Commission).

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• On June 26, 2009, Microsoft started taking pre-orders at a discounted price for Windows 7 which was launched on October 22, 2009.

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• In 2002, Microsoft launched the .NET initiative, along with new versions of some of its development products, such as Microsoft Visual Studio.

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• On August 24, 1995, it launched a major online service, MSN (Microsoft Network), as a direct competitor to AOL.

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On March 26, 2020, Microsoft announced it was acquiring Flamez casino Affirmed Networks for about $1.35 billion (~$1.61 billion in 2024). In January 2019, Microsoft announced that support for Windows 10 Mobile would end on December 10, 2019, and that Windows 10 Mobile users should migrate to iOS or Android phones. On October 8, 2017, Joe Belfiore announced that work on Windows 10 Mobile was drawing to a close due to lack of market penetration and resultant lack of interest from app developers. On June 26, 2009, Microsoft started taking pre-orders at a discounted price for Windows 7 which was launched on October 22, 2009.

1994: Windows and Office

• Microsoft Works would later be sold with other Microsoft products including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Bookshelf, a reference collection introduced in 1987 that was the company’s first CD-ROM product.

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• In April 2021, Microsoft announced it would buy Nuance Communications for approximately $16 billion (~$18.2 billion in 2024).

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• Later, in 2006, the company launched Microsoft adCenter, a service that offers pay per click advertisements, in an effort to further develop their search marketing revenue.

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• The console was also outsold by the Wii, which introduced gesture control and opened up a new market for video games.

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• On the advertisement side of the deal, Microsoft’s Atlas ad-serving division became the exclusive provider of previously unsold advertising inventory on Viacom owned web sites.

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• The acquisition positioned Microsoft to grow its presence in the market of providing an online education to large numbers of people.

Microsoft also announced a new multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment deal with OpenAI. In April 2021, Microsoft announced it would buy Nuance Communications for approximately $16 billion (~$18.2 billion in 2024). On September 22, 2020, Microsoft announced that it had an exclusive license to use OpenAI’s GPT-3 artificial intelligence language generator. On November 10, 2020, Microsoft released the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S video game consoles.

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On June 15, 2000, the company released a new version of its hand-held operating system, Windows CE 3.0. The next update to the consumer line, Windows ME (or Windows Millennium Edition), was released on September 14, 2000. While Microsoft largely failed to participate in the rise of the Internet in the early 1990s, some of the key technologies in which the company had invested to enter the Internet market started to pay off by the mid-90s. The company also released the Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, which had built-in support for internet applications. In November 1996, Microsoft Office 97 was released, which is the first version to include Office Assistant. Windows CE 2.0, the handheld version of Windows, was released this year, including a host of bug fixes and new features designed to make it more appealing to corporate customers.

2011: Microsoft Azure, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Microsoft Stores

On April 25, 2014, Microsoft acquired Nokia Devices and Services for $7.2 billion (~$9.37 billion in 2024). In May 2016, the company announced it will lay off 1,850 workers, taking an impairment and restructuring charge of $950 million (~$1.21 billion in 2024). During the previous summer of 2015 the company wrote down $7.6 billion (~$9.8 billion in 2024) related to its mobile-phone business and fired 7,800 employees from those operations. On October 1, Microsoft announced its intention to launch a news operation, part of a new-look MSN, at the time of the Windows 8 launch that was later in the month. A developer preview was released on September 13, and was replaced by a consumer preview on February 29, 2012. On July 31, 2012, Microsoft launched the Outlook.com webmail service beta to compete with Gmail.

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• In May 2016, the company announced it will lay off 1,850 workers, taking an impairment and restructuring charge of $950 million (~$1.21 billion in 2024).

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• On October 1, Microsoft announced its intention to launch a news operation, part of a new-look MSN, at the time of the Windows 8 launch that was later in the month.

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• Microsoft also launched Slate, an online magazine edited by Michael Kinsley, which offered political and social commentary along with the cartoon Doonesbury.
• In November 1996, Microsoft Office 97 was released, which is the first version to include Office Assistant.

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• Allen came up with the original name of Micro-Soft, a portmanteau of microcomputer and software.

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• The next update to the consumer line, Windows ME (or Windows Millennium Edition), was released on September 14, 2000.

The company continued to branch out into new markets in 1996, starting with a joint venture with NBC to create a new 24-hour cable news television station, MSNBC. Microsoft also launched Slate, an online magazine edited by Michael Kinsley, which offered political and social commentary along with the cartoon Doonesbury. In an attempt to extend its reach in the consumer market, the company acquired WebTV, which enabled consumers to access the Web from their televisions. Microsoft also released the Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro joystick in an attempt to further expand its profile in the computer hardware market. The company released Microsoft Bob, a graphical user interface designed for novice computer users, in March 1995.