Microsoft : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho

Agosti 1985, Microsoft na IBM ushirikiano katika maendeleo ya mfumo wa uendeshaji tofauti inayoitwa [[OS / 2.]] <&lt;ref name="Dubash">{{cite web |author=Manek Dubash |title=Techworld Article:OS/2 users must look elsewhere |work=Techworld |publisher=[[IDG]] |url=http://www.techworld.com/applications/features/index.cfm?featureid=1603&amp;Page=1&amp;pagePos=5 |date=2005-07-19 |accessdate=2005-07-05}}<&lt;/ref> Tarehe 20 Novemba 1985, Microsoft iliyotolewa rejareja wake wa kwanza wa toleo [[Microsoft Windows,]] originally a graphical ugani kwa wake kuendesha MS-DOS mfumo. <&lt;ref name="keyevents"/> Tarehe 13 Machi 1986 na kampuni akaenda kwa umma [[sadaka]] ya [[awali ya umma (IPO),]] na sadaka mapya ya awali bei ya $ 21.00 na kuishia katika siku ya kwanza ya biashara kama saa US $ 28.00. Det ensuing kupanda bei ya hisa imefanya mabilionea nne na wastani wa mamilionea 12,000 kutoka kwa Microsoft wafanyakazi. <&lt;ref name="stockrich"/> <&lt;ref name="Chapman"> Chapman, Merrill R., ''Katika kutafuta women: zaidi ya miaka 20 ya high-tech masoko majanga'' (2nd Edition), Apress, ISBN 1-59059-721-4.<&lt;/ref> <&lt;ref name="MVP2">{{cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/06/13/somehow_usenet_lumbers_on/ |title=Somehow, Usenet lumbers on |author=Hiawatha Bray |date=2005-06-13 |accessdate=2008-08-18 |publisher=[[The Boston Globe]]}}<&lt;br />[53]<&lt;/ref>

Mwaka 1987, Microsoft hatimaye albamu yao ya kwanza ya toleo la OS / 2 hadi [[OEMs.]] <&lt;ref name="MSJ-index"> {{cite web |title=Microsoft Systems Journal — 1986–1994 Index |publisher=Microsoft |url=http://www.microsoft.com/msj/backissues86.aspx |accessdate=2008-08-18}} Angalia Mei 1987 releases.<&lt;/ref>

Microsoft's [[Initial Public Sadaka]] ilitokea 14 Machi 1986. Akiba closed at $ 27.75 per share baada en topp saa 29.25 $ muda mfupi baada ya ufunguzi. Microsoft's wawili waanzilishi, Gates na Allen, walikuwa alifanya Instant mamilionea. Milango inayomilikiwa 45% ya kampuni ya hisa 24.7 milioni bora na Allen mellan 25%. <&lt;ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/102018.asp|title=Looking back: Microsoft IPO, March 1986|last=Bishop|first=Todd|date=2006-03-16|publisher=The Microsoft Blog|accessdate=2009-05-30}}<&lt;/ref> Gates 'hisa hiyo ilikuwa $ 234 milioni na Microsoft's jumla-thamani $ 520million ($ {{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US|520000000|1986}}}} katika siku sasa suala {{Inflation-fn|US}} wakati huo. <&lt;ref> [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.09/trillionaire.html Wired 7.09: The World's First Trillionaire]<&lt;/ref>

[[Picha:Microsoft sign closeup.jpg|left|thumb|Ishara kuu katika mlango wa Microsoft ushirika kampasi. Microsoft kampasi ya Redmond leo inajumuisha zaidi ya 750.000 m² (approx. miguu mraba milioni 8) na zaidi ya 30,000 wafanyakazi. <&lt;ref name="SPI-MSexpansion"/>]]

Mwaka 1989, Microsoft ilianzisha [[ofisi]] yake centralt Suite, [[Microsoft Office]]. Programu kutunza ofisi tofauti tija maombi, kama [[Microsoft Word]] na [[Microsoft Excel]]. <&lt;ref name="keyevents"/> Tarehe 22 Mei 1990 Microsoft [[Windows]] lanserade [[3.0]]. <&lt;ref name="MSPR-Win3">{{cite press release |title=Windows 3.0 is Here |format=PDF |publisher=Microsoft |url=http://www.windows-now.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.PostAttachments/00.00.02.10.92/Microsoft.PressReleases.Windows3.pdf |year=1990 |accessdate=2008-08-18}}<&lt;/ref> Programme mpya ya mfumo wa uendeshaji Microsoft's boasted kama makala mpya kama harmoniserad [[user interface]] graphics na kuboresha uwezo [[mode zinalindwa]] kwa [[Intel 386]] processor; ni kuuzwa juu nakala 100.000 katika wiki mbili. <&lt;ref name="MS-WinHistory">{{cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/WinHistoryDesktop.mspx |title=Windows History |publisher=Microsoft |date=2002-06-30 |accessdate=2008-08-18}}<&lt;/ref> Madirisha wakati generated mapato zaidi kwa ajili ya Microsoft kuliko OS / 2, na kampuni iliamua kusonga rasilimali zaidi kutoka OS / 2 to Windows. <&lt;ref name="OS/2 history">{{cite web |author=David Both |url=http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/OS2History.html |title=OS/2 History |publisher=OS/2 VOICE |accessdate=2008-08-18}}<&lt;/ref> Katika miaka ensuing, na umaarufu wa OS / 2 ulipungua, na Windows haraka akawa favored PC jukwaa.

Katika kipindi cha mpito kutoka MS-DOS to Windows, mafanikio ya Microsoft Office kuruhusiwa kampuni kupata ardhini juu ya maombi-software washindani, kama [[WordPerfect]] na [[Lotus 1-2-3]]. <&lt;ref name="thocp2">{{cite web |title=Microsoft Company 15 Spetemba 1975 |publisher=The History of Computing Project |url=http://www.thocp.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company_part2.htm |accessdate=11 Agosti 2005 }}<&lt;/ref> <&lt;ref name="Masters">{{cite web |url=http://www.vnunet.com/computing/analysis/2073923/behind-pearly-gates |author=Steve Masters|publisher=[[VNU]] Business Publications |date=1998-02-13 |title=Behind the Pearly Gates |accessdate=2008-08-18|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070927195247/http://www.vnunet.com/computing/analysis/2073923/behind-pearly-gates|archivedate=2007-09-27}}<&lt;/ref> Kulingana [[na Register,]] Novell, ni mmiliki wa WordPerfect kwa muda, alidai kuwa Microsoft alitumia ujuzi wake wa ndani na Windows DOS kernels na undocumented [[Application Programming Interface]] Ofisi features kufanya kazi bora kuliko washindani wake. <&lt;ref name="Orlowski2004-11-16">{{cite web |author=Andrew Orlowski |url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/16/novell_microsoft_wordperfect_analysis/ |title=Novell's MS complaint: we wuz robbed |work=[[The Register]] |publisher=Situation Publishing Ltd |date=2004-11-16 |accessdate=2006-07-04}}<&lt;/ref> Hatimaye, Microsoft Office akawa dominerande Suite biashara, na marknadsandel mbali mno kuwa washindani wake. <&lt;ref name="McCracken">{{cite news |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/18462/a_peek_at_office_upgrade.html |title=A Peek at Office Upgrade |publisher=PCWorld.com |date=2000-09-13 |last=McCracken |first=Harry |accessdate=2006-07-04}}<&lt;/ref>

Mwaka 1993, iliyotolewa Microsoft [[Windows NT 3.1]], mfumo wa uendeshaji biashara na Windows 3.1 user interface lakini kernel tofauti kabisa. <&lt;ref name="thocp2"/>