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7 FACTS OF MICROSOFT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Here are some facts about Microsoft that we should all know about .

7 facts you should know about Microsoft from its origins as a super hot start up in 1970s to taking over the world in the 1990s to its current reinvention under CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft has a long and storied history right alongside the PC itself. So in this post iam going to list out seven facts about Microsoft you should know about.
Fact Number 1: In 1997 Microsoft saved Apple from almost certain bankruptcy by making a hundred and fifty million dollar investment, Steve Jobs announces on stage at his first appearance as Apple CEO, there he got "boos" from the audience that in famous investment gave Apple enough money and breathing room to consolidate control of its Mac business and shift that momentum into iPod and iTunes. Apple which was worth less than 3 billion at that time is now over 700 billion dollars, part of which can be attributed to Microsoft's investment.
Fact Number 2:  In 1987 at the age of 31 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates became the youngest-ever billionaire at that time, in 1995 he become the world's richest man with a net worth of 12.9 billion dollars. Beyond Bill Gates, analysts estimated that Microsoft explosive growth has made for at least two more making a total of 3 billionaires and as many as 12,000 millionaires from former CEO Steve Ballmer who bought the LA Clippers for 2 billion in 2014.
Fact Number 3: In 1994 Timex and Microsoft designed the data link 150 watch together it was the first ever Smart Watch pre dating the rest of the market by well over a decade though it wasn't that great and was way ahead of its time the Smartwatch did get certified by NASA for space travel and one more interesting thing about this smart watch was its battery life which lasted for three years beating every other Smartwatch by infinite margin.
Fact Number 4:  When creating its Android and Chrome operating systems Google unlawfully used technology from Oracle Microsoft and others leaving its vendor Partners exposed, as a means of settlement for every Android device Microsoft is estimated to collect around $8 in royalties in 2013 that royalty fee was around 3.5 billion dollars.
Fact Number 5: In an attempt to make Internet Explorer  a popular browsing choice, microsoft intentionally made msn.com look wrong on Opera browsers back in the 2003.
Fact Number 6: In late 1995 despite million dollar advertisement Windows 95 was the second most installed piece of software, the video game "Doom" being the first one. Doom's popularity led Microsoft promote operating system as a gaming platform part of  which makes windows the first choice for gamers.
And now to the Fact Number 7: Microsoft first killer App was Microsoft Excel which unseeded the readings purchase Champion apple visicalc and Lotus 1-2-3. The shortcomings of visi calc  was well addressed and popularity of lotus 1-2-3 on MS DOS was  dethroned with the release of Microsoft Excel.
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