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Microsoft
Also Known As Micro-Soft The original hyphenated spelling used at the company's 1975 founding.
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American multinational technology company founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after the two demonstrated a BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. Microsoft relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 1986 and rose to dominance through a contract to supply IBM with an operating system for personal computers, followed by the Windows graphical interface and Office productivity suite.
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Company TypeMultinational technology company 1 Founded Year HeadquartersRedmond, Washington, U.S. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Microsoft's 1990 Office suite is a standing example of software product bundling: separate applications sold together as one package.
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WikipediaFounding sectionQuote, Founding section
Allen suggested the name 'Micro-Soft', short for micro-computer software.
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WikipediaAssociated With: Product Bundling, 1985-1994: Windows and Office sectionQuote, Associated With: Product Bundling, 1985-1994: Windows and Office section
In 1990, Microsoft introduced the Microsoft Office suite which bundled separate applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
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