One day, junior got too big; Microsoft has become so dominant that almost everyone is trying to stop it

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Microsoft Corp has become the company to target in computer software. It has had a meteoric rise in the industry since IBM chose it in 1981 to provide MS-DOS as the operating system for its new line of microcomputers. The founder of Microsoft, William H. Gates, is known for hard work and arrogance. Under his leadership, Microsoft recently broke its long-standing alliance with IBM. Instead of developing the successor to MS-DOS, OS/2, Microsoft is developing a new operating system for Windows 3.0, the graphical user interface (GUI) that gives IBM users some of the features of the Apple Macintosh system. Microsoft's new operating system, called Windows NT, will allow Windows 3.0 to run many platforms, especially on networks. Microsoft's strong position in the industry has led to some surprising alliances among companies considered to be implacable rivals, including one between Apple and IBM.

Management, Product development, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, AAPL, Gates, Bill, Business planning, Apple Inc., Cooperative Agreements

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Microsoft's new attempt to set a standard

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Microsoft Corp's Windows 3.0, a graphical user interface (GUI) that is designed for IBM and IBM-compatible microcomputers, will be released on May 22, 1990. The new version of Microsoft Windows offers better graphics, more effective use of icons and colors, allows programs to use more than 640,000-characters of computer memory and lets more than one program to be run at the same time. It will run on machines with a minimum of 1Mbyte of internal memory and an Intel 80286 microprocessor. The Intel 80386 microprocessor and up to 4Mbytes of internal memory may be required to run several programs at once. Microsoft Windows 3.0 is expected to increase competition with the Macintosh operating system.

Product introduction, GUI, Graphical user interfaces, User interfaces (Computers), Computer Software Industry, IBM PC (Intel-compatible system), User interface

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