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History of Microsoft: Dawn of the PC, Windows Hegemony, and Adaptation to the Cloud and AI Era

The history of Microsoft from Windows to Azure and the OpenAI partnership

1. Dawn of the PC and MS-DOS

Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

  graph TD
    DOS["MS-DOS"] --> W31["Windows 3.1"]
    W31 --> W95["Windows 95"]
    W95 --> XP["Windows XP"]
    XP --> W11["Windows 11"]

2. “Cloud First” by Satya Nadella

After the Ballmer era, Satya Nadella became CEO. The company pivoted from “Windows dependency” to an Azure-centric approach.

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