Cloud Computing: Microsoft through the Years – From Gates to Nadella

Grazed from ScientficComputing. Author: Editorial Staff.

Microsoft has named Satya Nadella, head of its cloud computing business, as the company’s next CEO. He immediately replaces Steve Ballmer, who had announced in August 2013 that he would retire from the world’s biggest software company after more than 13 years at its helm. Here’s a look at key moments in Microsoft’s history.

• 1975: Microsoft is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
• 1980: Ballmer joins the company.
• 1981: IBM ships first personal computers running MS-DOS operating system…

• Nov. 20, 1985: Microsoft ships first version of Windows, more than a year after Apple came out with its Mac computer with a graphical user interface and a mouse replacing keyboard commands.
• 1992: Nadella joins the company.
• Aug. 24, 1995: Windows 95 is released in one of Microsoft’s biggest product launches ever.
• May 18, 1998: Justice Department and 20 states sue Microsoft, accusing the maker of the ubiquitous Windows operating system of abusing its market power to thwart competition from Netscape and others…

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