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Microsoft Corporation
     
         The biggest supplier of {operating systems} and
        other software for {IBM PC} compatibles.  Software products
        include {MS-DOS}, {Microsoft Windows}, {Windows NT},
        {Microsoft Access}, {LAN Manager}, {MS Client}, {SQL Server},
        {Open Data Base Connectivity} (ODBC), {MS Mail}, and {SNA
        Server} for Windows NT.
     
        Microsoft was founded as "Micro-soft" in 1975 by {Bill Gates}
        (now CEO) and his high school pal Paul Allen.  Their first
        product was a version of {BASIC} for the new {Altair} computer
        [which one?].  In 1980, {IBM} chose Microsoft to supply the
        {operating system} for the {IBM PC}.
     
        On the UK television program "The Net" in May 1994, {Bill
        Gates} said he was betting his company on the {information
        highway}".
     
        Quarterly sales $1293M, profits $362M (Aug 1994).
     
        {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/)}.
        {(ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/)}.
     
        {Interesting Info and Other Microsoft WWW Servers
        (http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}.
     
        {Microsoft Windows Developer Information
        (http://www-drg.microsoft.com/devinfo.htm)}.
     
        {Microsoft Research Group Information
        (http://www.research.microsoft.com)}.
     
        {Win_News
        (http://www.microsoft.com/chicago/ms-www/ms-intro.htm)}.
        maintained by the Personal Operating Systems Division to
        distribute information on {Microsoft Windows}, {MS-DOS} and
        {Windows 95}.
     
        (1998-11-06)