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    Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Some key events in Microsoft's early history include Gates and Allen selling their version of BASIC to MITS in 1975, Steve Ballmer joining the company in 1980, and Paul Allen resigning in 1983 after being diagnosed with cancer. Microsoft also launched Windows 2.0 in 1987, which began a legal battle with Apple that Microsoft ultimately won in 1992.

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    Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Some key events in Microsoft's early history include Gates and Allen selling their version of BASIC to MITS in 1975, Steve Ballmer joining the company in 1980, and Paul Allen resigning in 1983 after being diagnosed with cancer. Microsoft also launched Windows 2.0 in 1987, which began a legal battle with Apple that Microsoft ultimately won in 1992.

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    Microsoft

    Jason Coido
    1975
    In 1975
    Microsoft
    corporation
    was founded.
    1969
    In 1969 a
    general
    purpose
    computer
    chip was
    invented by
    Tedd Hoff.
    1975
    Paul Allen
    and Bill Gates
    sold their
    version of
    BASIC to
    MITS in 1975.
    1976
    In 1976 Steve
    jobs unveiled
    the
    prototype for
    the apple I
    computer.
    1980
    IN 1980
    Steve
    Ballmer
    joined
    Microsoft.
    1983
    February 1983 marked
    a big chance at
    Microsoft. After
    learning that he had
    Hodgkin's disease a
    kind of cancer Paul
    Allen resigned from
    his position as
    executive vice
    president of
    Microsoft.
    1969

    It was a major
    step towards
    putting
    computers into
    not just offices
    but homes as
    well.
    1987
    Windows 2.0 was launched in 1987 an
    event that marked the beginning of a
    legal battle with apple computers
    1992
    Microsoft
    would
    ultimately win
    both cases in
    federal court
    in 1992.
    2005
    In 2005
    Microsoft
    introduced
    the new
    Xbox 360.

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