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Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft Corporation


==Software==
Acquistions:
* 1986 - Dynamical Systems Research (DSR) (Oakland, CA)
* 1987 - Forethought Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) - PowerPoint
* 1991 - Consumers Software (Vancouver, Canada) - Network Courier
* 1992 - Fox Software (Perrysburg, OH)
* 1994 - One Tree Software (Raleigh, NC) - SourceSafe
* 1996 - Vermeer Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) - FrontPage
* 2000 - Visio Corporation (Seattle, WA)
* 2018 - GitHub (San Francisco, CA)
 
==Products==
===Software===
;Languages
* Microsoft Macro Assembler
* Microsoft BASIC
* Microsoft C
* Microsoft COBOL
* Microsoft FORTRAN
* Microsoft Pascal
 
;Applications
* [[Microsoft Excel for OS/2]]
* [[Microsoft Multiplan]]
* [[Microsoft Word]]
* [[Microsoft Word for OS/2]]
 
* [[ComTalk]]
* [[ComTalk]]
* [[Microsoft Virtual PC]]
* [[Microsoft Virtual PC]]
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* Microsoft Windows 3.0 Applets for OS/2
* Microsoft Windows 3.0 Applets for OS/2
* Microsoft Char-Setup Toolkit Decompression Utility
* Microsoft Char-Setup Toolkit Decompression Utility
===Hardware===
* [[Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000]]


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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* Brendan Dixon, LAN Manager Developer Support
* Brendan Dixon, LAN Manager Developer Support
* [[Kurt Eckhardt]]
* [[Kurt Eckhardt]]
* Mel Kanner
* Steve Firebaugh, PM Product Support
* Richard Gillmann, Utilities Group Development Manager
* Mel Kanner, Senior Systems Trainer
* Adrian King, OS/2 Marketing Manager
* James [[Gordon Letwin]]
* James [[Gordon Letwin]]
* Mark Mackaman
* Mark Mackaman, OS/2 Product Manager
* William B. McCormick, Program Manager
* [[Jeff Parsons]]
* [[John Pollock]]
* [[John Pollock]]
* [[Darryl Rubin]]
* [[Darryl Rubin]], Director of Networks
* Anthony Short
* Ralph Ryan, product manager LAN Manager
* [[Kent Sander]], Product Manager for Product Support Services
* Anthony Short, MS OS/2 development
* [[Benjamin W. Slivka]]
* [[Benjamin W. Slivka]]
* [[Manny Vellon]]
* Dennis Tillman, Customer Marketing Group
* Mark Zbikowski
* [[Manny Vellon]], Windows Marketing Group
* Jerry Weltner, Product Manager for OS/2 Presentation Manager Softset/Toolkit
* Bryan M. Willman
* David Wood
* Mark Zbikowski, development manager


==Links==
==Links==

Latest revision as of 00:19, 9 April 2025

Microsoft Corporation

Acquistions:

  • 1986 - Dynamical Systems Research (DSR) (Oakland, CA)
  • 1987 - Forethought Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) - PowerPoint
  • 1991 - Consumers Software (Vancouver, Canada) - Network Courier
  • 1992 - Fox Software (Perrysburg, OH)
  • 1994 - One Tree Software (Raleigh, NC) - SourceSafe
  • 1996 - Vermeer Technologies, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) - FrontPage
  • 2000 - Visio Corporation (Seattle, WA)
  • 2018 - GitHub (San Francisco, CA)

Products

Software

Languages
  • Microsoft Macro Assembler
  • Microsoft BASIC
  • Microsoft C
  • Microsoft COBOL
  • Microsoft FORTRAN
  • Microsoft Pascal
Applications
  • ComTalk
  • Microsoft Virtual PC
  • Biorhythm - Source code available
  • Microsoft Windows 3.0 Applets for OS/2
  • Microsoft Char-Setup Toolkit Decompression Utility

Hardware

Personnel

  • Benjamin Armstrong
  • Alistair Banks
  • John Butler
  • Raymond Chen
  • Byron Dazey, Software Development Engineer
  • Brendan Dixon, LAN Manager Developer Support
  • Kurt Eckhardt
  • Steve Firebaugh, PM Product Support
  • Richard Gillmann, Utilities Group Development Manager
  • Mel Kanner, Senior Systems Trainer
  • Adrian King, OS/2 Marketing Manager
  • James Gordon Letwin
  • Mark Mackaman, OS/2 Product Manager
  • William B. McCormick, Program Manager
  • Jeff Parsons
  • John Pollock
  • Darryl Rubin, Director of Networks
  • Ralph Ryan, product manager LAN Manager
  • Kent Sander, Product Manager for Product Support Services
  • Anthony Short, MS OS/2 development
  • Benjamin W. Slivka
  • Dennis Tillman, Customer Marketing Group
  • Manny Vellon, Windows Marketing Group
  • Jerry Weltner, Product Manager for OS/2 Presentation Manager Softset/Toolkit
  • Bryan M. Willman
  • David Wood
  • Mark Zbikowski, development manager

Links