Difference between revisions of "Microsoft"
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| − | '''Microsoft Corporation''' is an American tech company founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. The company began as a developer of programming languages, and slowly expanded to operating systems, office applications, entertainment, and hardware. They currently hold a dominant lead on the operating system of desktop computers | + | '''Microsoft Corporation''' is an American tech company founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. The company began as a developer of programming languages, and slowly expanded to operating systems, office applications, entertainment, and a seller of hardware. They currently hold a dominant lead on the operating system of desktop computers with [[Windows]]. |
I have been using Microsoft products since the late 1980s when I first encountered [[MS-DOS]]. My family's first computer came loaded with MS-DOS v5.0 and [[Windows 3|Windows 3.0]] with media extensions. Since then, I have used nearly every subsequent version of DOS and Windows as well as a large variety of Microsoft office, programming, and gaming software. However, my use of Microsoft is not because I prefer their products, in general, I tend to hate them, and think they've steadily gotten worse in the past 15 years. Instead, I use Microsoft because they have such a huge market share, that it's difficult to have access to all the software I like without using their products. | I have been using Microsoft products since the late 1980s when I first encountered [[MS-DOS]]. My family's first computer came loaded with MS-DOS v5.0 and [[Windows 3|Windows 3.0]] with media extensions. Since then, I have used nearly every subsequent version of DOS and Windows as well as a large variety of Microsoft office, programming, and gaming software. However, my use of Microsoft is not because I prefer their products, in general, I tend to hate them, and think they've steadily gotten worse in the past 15 years. Instead, I use Microsoft because they have such a huge market share, that it's difficult to have access to all the software I like without using their products. | ||
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I used to use the majority of Microsoft applications, but over the years, I have found superior free replacements for nearly all of their apps. | I used to use the majority of Microsoft applications, but over the years, I have found superior free replacements for nearly all of their apps. | ||
| − | * [[IdleWild]] | + | * ''[[IdleWild]]'' |
| − | * [[Spy++]] | + | * ''[[Spy++]]'' |
===Games=== | ===Games=== | ||
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====DOS==== | ====DOS==== | ||
| − | * [[QBASIC Gorillas]] | + | * ''[[QBASIC Gorillas]]'' |
| − | * [[QBASIC Nibbles]] | + | * ''[[QBASIC Nibbles]]'' |
====Windows 3==== | ====Windows 3==== | ||
| − | * [[Freecell (Microsoft)]] | + | * ''[[Freecell (Microsoft)]]'' |
| − | * [[Hearts (Microsoft)]] | + | * ''[[Hearts (Microsoft)]]'' |
| − | * [[Taipei]] | + | * ''[[Taipei]]'' |
| − | * [[Tetris (Microsoft)]] | + | * ''[[Tetris (Microsoft)]]'' |
| − | * [[Solitaire (Microsoft)]] | + | * ''[[Solitaire (Microsoft)]]'' |
====Windows==== | ====Windows==== | ||
| − | * [[Age of Empires]] | + | * ''[[Age of Empires]]'' |
| − | * [[Mahjong Titans]] | + | * ''[[Mahjong Titans]]'' |
| − | * [[Spider Solitaire (Microsoft)]] | + | * ''[[Spider Solitaire (Microsoft)]]'' |
===Operating Systems=== | ===Operating Systems=== | ||
Revision as of 17:36, 17 December 2018
Microsoft Corporation is an American tech company founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. The company began as a developer of programming languages, and slowly expanded to operating systems, office applications, entertainment, and a seller of hardware. They currently hold a dominant lead on the operating system of desktop computers with Windows.
I have been using Microsoft products since the late 1980s when I first encountered MS-DOS. My family's first computer came loaded with MS-DOS v5.0 and Windows 3.0 with media extensions. Since then, I have used nearly every subsequent version of DOS and Windows as well as a large variety of Microsoft office, programming, and gaming software. However, my use of Microsoft is not because I prefer their products, in general, I tend to hate them, and think they've steadily gotten worse in the past 15 years. Instead, I use Microsoft because they have such a huge market share, that it's difficult to have access to all the software I like without using their products.
Contents
Software
These are programs that have a particular importance to me.
Applications
I used to use the majority of Microsoft applications, but over the years, I have found superior free replacements for nearly all of their apps.
Games
Microsoft rarely develops games in-house, and instead pays third-party developers to make games for them, and then publishes them.
DOS
Windows 3
Windows
Operating Systems
Programming Languages
Logos
(1975-1980)
It's hard to read, especially at smaller sizes, the S breaks the theme with thinner lines at top, and it just reeks of the 70s.
(1980-1982)
Far too jagged.
(1982-1987)
The full-width Cs and Os make it look odd with the otherwise tight kerning.
(1987-2012)
This logo is fantastic. Like any good logo, it's legible at varying sizes. The italic Helvetica is plain, but the notch taken out of the o gives it flair. This is the first logo I viewed, and it's my favorite.
(2012-Present)
Bleh. Not only is it using the dull flat redesign of Windows, but it's associating the whole of Microsoft to only one of their products. Bad idea.
Links
- microsoft.com - Official.
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft - Wikipedia.
- mobygames.com/company/microsoft-corporation - MobyGames.
