The competition in the computer industry has forced its own economic evolution through leadership, innovation, desire of wealth, and the willingness to do whatever it takes to be number one at the end of the day. ... "(207) This worked for a long time throughout history, but by no means would it generate the dividends provided by the new leadership. ... With personal computers as a fledgling new industry, there were much fewer people to choose from with the talent required for the creation of computer software and hardware. ... Microsoft rounded out the talent pool working to create a progr...

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Computers are all around us, and for most of us, it has always been that way. ... Computers consumed entire wings of university halls and research centers. ... Obviously, the computer frenzy had taken off. ... At the same time, Gary Kildall introduces CP/M as the first operating system that will run (almost) independent of the platform. 1975 brought in the first marketed, and inevitably the first corporate era in computing history. ... Computers were starting to become social commonplace, and we would see the birth of the first computer generation. ...

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After three decades of use, the UNIX computer operating system from Bell Labs is still regarded as one of the most powerful, versatile, and flexible operating systems (OS) in the computer world. ... While initially meant for medium-sized computers, the system was soon moved to larger, more powerful mainframe computers. ... If you ask the computer to list (ls) all the files in a directory, the kernel tells the computer to read all the files in that directory from the disk and display them on your screen. ... Computers were no longer monolithic number crunchers that could only be used by meg...

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In its raw form it was the playground of hackers and computer geeks, who challenged the status quo. ... Computers and software have challenged the status quo. ... We have become accustomed to technology becoming cheaper and better at such a rapid pace, but in the history of technological advance it is unusual that such powerful tools are so readily available to the population at large. ... A whole new social divide between those who possess the knowledge to use software, computers and related technology and those who do not. ... Technology, and the knowledge to use that technology needs to b...

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Microsoft is an American multinational computer technology corporation founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. ... (History of Microsoft, n.d) Its head quarter is located in Redmond, Washington, United State of American. The starting of Microsoft Corporation is by Bill Gates and Paul Allen who addicted to programming and computer. ... Afterward, it rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows. ... (Microsoft corporation history, n.d) During year 2011, Microsoft had introduced forced ranking evaluation system to establ...

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Justice Department reached a settlement that required the company to change a variety of business practices, including key aspects of its licensing agreements with personal computer makers (2). Microsoft has grown into an enormous and powerful corporation by a combination of aggressive business practices and having written operating systems (DOS and Windows) for personal computers. ... Government lawyer David Boies said this nuts-and-bolts approach to computer software added no value for customers, but gave Explorer an unfair competitive advantage. ...

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