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Bill Gates and Paul Allen started their own company "Traf-O-Data". This company made many computers that could find and examine traffic data.
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Allan and Gates had to create and present a BASIC INTERPRETER simulator for the device in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Microsoft was oficially founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen
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Apple was completly and officially founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. They launched the Apple 1, that was created and designed by Steve Wozniak.
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Apple was officially incorporated, Ronald Wayne left Apple and only asked for 800 dollars in exchange of his work.
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Apple introduced the "Apple II" to the world, it was a global hit because it introduced colorful graphics and open architecture. It was also created and designed by Wozniak
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They made a compromise with ASCII Magazine in Japan, This agreement produced an international office named "ASCII Microsoft".
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The company changed its location to Bellevue, Washington.
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Steve Jobs and many co-workers visited the establishments of Xerox Alto. This experience made Jobs realized that all computers must use a graphic user interface.
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Microsoft entered to the Operating System business with MS-DOS, that made them really dominant.
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Apple introduced the computer "Apple III". They did some improvemennts in this computer because they wanted to compete with IBM and Microsoft in the international market.
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It was reveealed that Apple had $22 per share and it meaned that it was the company that was producing the biggest income back in those days.
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Apple launched the computer "Apple Lisa". It was a huge technological accomplishment for the company, but it was a commercial failure because it was expensive and not very accessible.
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Microsft introduce the Microsoft Mouse and the Microsoft Press. Paul had to be replaced because of an illness.
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Apple introduce the "Macintosh". It was a commercial hit at the beginning, but it started to decline because of its price. Although it was not a amassive success,it is considered to be on of the biggest works of Apple. It did not have a programming language
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There was a conflict between Steve Jobs and John Sculley. After many discussions between directors, the final desicion was to expell Steve Jobs.,
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Microsoft introduced Windows, which was an extension of the also sucessful MS.DOS. In the next year, the coplete company and organizaion became public.
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Apple introduced the "Macintosh Portable". It had the same capability of the Macintosh, but it was not that heavy and it had a longer battery life.
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They presented the "Macintosh LC" that had an expansion slot for the Apple card
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Microsoft introduced their latest innovation calles Microsoft Office, and this one has other applications inside it that are really helpful for every day tasks, like Microsoft Excel and Word. Microsoft also released Windows 3.0, that had better interface graphics, processors,etc. Both of these advances have been succesful
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Apple introduced the computer "PowerBook".
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They introduced "System 7", that it was a really big process and it brought colors to the interface and improved a lot of network techniques.
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Apple set a relationship with Motorola and IBM in the AIM Alliance. The purpose was to make a whole ner computing plataform.
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Microsoft released Windows 95, that showed a lot of improvements like brand new interfaces, a new start button, and the most important thing it was that it could manage to do several taks at the same time,and it could handle a web browser, like Internet Explorer.
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Gil Amelio joined Apple as a replacement of Michael Spindler, hemade several changes to Apple, one of them is doing large layouts.
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Microsoft created a new operating system named Windows CE 10. The most popular thing about it was the accessibility it had, because it could have been used in many devices.
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Amelio is fired from Apple after realizing that no one could afford to pay him, and he caused many losses. Apple also said that they will associate with Microsoft to have some Microsoft Office for the Macintosh. The Apple Online Store was also introduced that year.
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Apple introuced the modern iMac. This computer had the most recent technology of that time and the design and performance was unique.
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After improving the digital video effects, Apple introduced iMovie, and application that is more suitablefor normal customers, and the Final Cut Pro, that is for a proffesional level.
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After years of work, Apple introduced Mac OS X, that it was really sophisticated, easy to handle, and the most important thing, affordable. In that year Apple also opened the fist Apple Retail Stores. The fist iPod that was an audio player was released and it was a huge success.
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Microsoft released Windows XP. This brought a lot of improvements to the network lines. Microsoft also released the videogame Xbox, because they wanted to compete with Sony and Nintendo. Microsoft recieved many critiques and acussations, but they never caused a big impact.
