History of Microsoft -- 1983

For Microsoft, 1983 means the end of an era with the resignation of Paul Allen, the introduction of MS - DOS 2.0 and the formation of Microsoft Press, a trade-book publishing division specializing in computer books.

February 18, 1983
Paul Allen resigns as Microsoft's executive vice president, but remains on the Board of Directors.

March 9, 1983
Microsoft introduces MS-DOS 2.0.

May 2, 1983
Microsoft introduces the Microsoft Mouse, a low-cost, handheld pointing device for use with the IBM PC as well as any other MS-DOS-based personal computer.

August 1, 1983
The assets of Wiser Laboratories Pty, Ltd. of Australia, the local distributor of Microsoft products, are acquired. With the establishment of this subsidiary, Microsoft obtains a direct distribution network into the region. All of Wiser's employees will be retained, and the firm will stay at its existing address. This is considered the company's first acquisition.

September 29, 1983
Microsoft ships it's full-featured word processing program, Word for MS-DOS 1.00 and provides a free demonstration copy to subscribers of The PC World Software Review.

November 3, 1983
Microsoft Press, a trade-book publishing division specializing in computer books, is formed. Nahum Stiskin is named General Manager and Publisher. The primary marketing focus is the business professional, with secondary emphasis on the hobbyist, home, and education markets. Microsoft Press expects to publish 30 to 35 books in its first year.

November 10, 1983
Microsoft unveils Windows, an extension of the MS-DOS operating system that provides a graphical operating environment. Windows features a window management capability that allows a user to view unrelated application programs simultaneously. It also provides the capability to transfer data from one application program to another. Windows wouldn't actually ship until 2 years later.

December 1, 1983
The first international subsidiaries to connect to Microsoft e-mail are in Europe: Microsoft Ltd. in the U.K., Microsoft Sarl in France, and Microsoft G.m.b.H. in Germany.

Other products released in 1983:
BASIC Interpreter 1.0, Multi-Tool Budget 1.0, Microsoft Multiplan 1.1, Microsoft Sort

Notable new hires:

Jon Shirley - Former Microsoft president, chief operating officer, and director; Joachim Kempin - Former senior vice president of Microsoft's OEM Division;Mike Slade -Former product manager, helped products such as Excel and Works to become household names and managed the entire line of Mac products;Pete Higgins - Former group vice president of the Interactive Media Group and member of the Office of the President;Raymond B. "Buck" Ferguson - Former senior director of Investor and Shareholder Relations;Bernard Vergnes - Chairman Emeritus of Microsoft EMEA.

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[NatapixAS]

@awesome1870 you don't know anything,

Steve jobs left Microsoft it wasn't stolen, and it was bill gates , who back then led the world into what we are today, it sure wasn't apple!

[Fieldstrife]

I didnt know Bill Gates was a hipster.

[MrThreeLions]

but he still can't afford a good barber

[knifeandchop]

Tina from xbox lol she works for bill gates now.

[knifeandchop]

He's laughing because he knows what he did. Lol, that bastard.

[mrdelriego]

And then Apple went almost bankrupt and Bill Gates loaned money to Steve Jobs to save it. So stfu fanboys.

[FlipidusX]

whats the background music?

[idelta777]

@awesome1870 and Steve Jobs stole from Xerox, actually he paid to see what their engineer were developing, but the people who developed the GUI and the Mouse were very pissed off about Steve taking their ideas to use them in Apple

[Mercury888]

whos the host?

[MorkaGraven]

@rahj8786 Android borrows very heavily from the Linux kernel.

[rahj8786]

@MorkaGraven Dumb fuck, Androids is an Android. not a Linux.

[MorkaGraven]

@NatapixAS Linux has a lot of influence on the world these days, you only notice it when you stop hiding behind Windows and actually seeing how the rest of the IT world runs.

Super Computers: Linux

Servers: Often Linux

Android based smart phones: Linux

The only thing that held it back was MS's clever marketing.