It all began in Plaza Hotel, New York City on the 10th of November 1983. Two Microsoft founders Paul Allen and Bill Gates officially announced their corporation’s first and next-generation graphical user interface operating system – Microsoft Windows . Despite the criticism on stability and constantly being compared to their rivals Apple Macintosh , Microsoft Windows is still the most widely used operating systems in the world. In this article, we’ll bring you back to 1985 where the
Why the rumored Apple tablet could be a flop — Apple products get more than their share of pre-release hype from … well, from just about everyone but Bill Gates. PC World writer Michael Scalisi explains why he thinks the rumored device, best described as an oversize iPod Touch, isn’t something that will sell. Specifically, he thinks the iPhone’s touch-to-type interface won’t work comfortably on a larger device, and that Mac fans will feel thwarted by iPhone OS on a computer, as opposed to Mac
Turning Your Hobby Into A Home Business - blog.decorate4home.com 07/24/2009 Back in the seventies a couple of nerds took their computing hobby to the next level by making their pleasure activities their work. Steve Jobs turned his hobby into Apple which gave us the Macintosh computer, iPod and now the iPhone. Bill Gates turned his hobby into Microsoft and became the worlds richest [...] Steve Jobs Nursing Self to Health By Being Maddening Bastard Again [Cubicle Culture] - valle
Microsoft has long been prickly about Apple's inspired " Get a Mac " ad campaign; Chairman Bill Gates once accused Apple of "lying" with the TV spots. Now the tables have turned , and Microsoft is unabashedly gleeful to get under Apple's skin. The Redmond, Washington software company has been running an as series called "Laptop Hunters" designed to make the point that Macs are expensive. The ads made Apple finally snap, says Microsoft COO Kevin Turner (pictured): Two weeks ago we got
This is a good read about the problems Microsoft is experiencing with its windows operating system. It tells writes about the problems, solutions proposed and how they managed to change the corporate culture in microsoft.
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“Windows is broken and Microsoft has admitted it. In an unprecedented attempt to explain its Longhorn problems and how it abandoned its traditional way of working, the normally secretive software giant has given unparalleled access to The Wall Street Journal, even revealing how Vice President Jim Allchin, personally broke the bad news to Bill Gates. ”