Commitment to Excellent

Room: Prasat Banteaykdey Keo

Date: Monday, September 12, 2011

1. Oun Retra2. Pheng Sreyleak3. Pal Sreynak4. Rin Sopheanith5. Roeun Nakry6. Pheng Sovannrach

Members of Group 2

Table of Contents

I.Introduction

II.Background of Microsoft Inventors

III.History of Microsoft

IV.Conclusion

V.Reference

I. Introduction

Microsoft is an American company that located in the Redmond of Vasinton state. This company produced, developed, and sold the license program for using with computer, telephone, and other service that related to technology.

I. Introduction

Since in 1980 Microsoft began preparing OS that has Version Xenix.

Microsoft was founded by Bill Gate and Paul Allen in 1970s.

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Bill Gates

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Bill GatesHe was born in 28th October 1955,

Seatle Washington USA. Bill Gates is the head of the software company Microsoft and is one of the world's wealthiest men.

In 1994, he got married with Melinda Ann French.

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Bill GatesHe has three children, Jennifer Katharine

Gates 1996 and Phoebe Gates 2002 and Rory john Gates 1999.

When he was 13 years old, he went to Lakeside School.

He wrote his first computer program on this machine: an implementation of tic-tac-toe that allowed users to play games against the computer

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Bill GatesAt age 17, Gates formed a venture with

Allen, called Traf-O-Data, to make traffic counters based on the Intel 8008 processor.

In early 1973, Bill Gates served as a congressional page in the U.S. House of Representatives. Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973.

He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973.

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Bill GatesHe scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and

enrolled at Harvard College in the autumn of 1973.

While at Harvard, he met Steve Ballmer, who later succeeded Gates as CEO of Microsoft.

II. Background of Microsoft inventors

Paul Allen

Paul Allen’s Photo

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Paul AllenHe was born in January 21, 1953, in Seattle,

Washington, USA. He is an American business magnate, investor, real estate developer and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gate.

1967, Allen attended Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle.

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Paul AllenIn 1971, after graduation, He attended in

Washington State University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity.

However, he dropped out after two years in order to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston, placing him near his old friend again.

Allen later convinced Bill Gate to drop out of Harvard University in order to create Microsoft.

II. Background of Microsoft Inventors

Paul AllenIn June 1975, Allen and Bill Gate, founded

Microsoft with the intention of designing software for the new wave of personal computers.

By the time Allen arranged for Microsoft to buy an operating system called Q-DOS for $50,000.

III. History of Microsoft

There are many Microsoft that were introduced and released, such as: From 1982–1985: Introducing Windows 1.0 This window is introduced in November 20, 1985 and is initially sold for $100.00. Windows 1.0 requires a minimum of 256 kilobytes (KB), two double-sided floppy disk drives, and a graphics adapter card. A hard disk and 512 KB memory is recommended for running multiple programs or when using DOS 3.0 or higher.

III. History of Microsoft

From 1982–1985: Introducing Windows 1.0

Windows 1.0

III. History of Microsoft

From 1987–1992 Windows 2.0–2.11 It was introduced On December 9, 1987, Microsoft releases Windows 2.0 with desktop icons and expanded memory. It is initially sold for $100.00.In 1988, Microsoft becomes the world’s largest PC software company based on sales.

III. History of Microsoft

From 1990–1994: Windows 3.0–Windows NT Window 3.0 was released May, 22 1990. Microsoft Windows 3.0 full version was priced at $149.95 and the upgrade version was priced at $79.95.

They sell 10 million copies in their first 2 years, making this the most widely used Windows operating system.

III. History of Microsoft

Windows NT releases on July 27, 1993, Microsoft meets an important milestone: the completion of a project begun in the late 1980s to build an advanced new operating system from scratch.

Windows NT represents nothing less than a fundamental change in the way that companies can address their business computing requirements," Bill Gates says at its release.

III. History of Microsoft

From1995–2001: Windows 95 Window 95 was released August 24, 1995 and sells more than 1 Million copies within 4 days. Windows 95 has built-in Internet support, dial-up networking, and new Plug and Play capabilities that make it easy to install hardware and software.

Windows 95

III. History of Microsoft

1998–2000: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me

Window 98 released on June 25, 1998. It is the first version of Windows designed specifically for consumers.

By using this window, you can find information more easily on your PC as well as the Internet

III. History of Microsoft

Windows Me released June 19, 2000. It was designed for home computer use and offers numerous music, video, and home networking enhancements and reliability improvements compared to previous versions.

III. History of Microsoft

Windows 2000 is designed to replace Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT Workstation 4.0 on all business desktops and laptops.

III. History of Microsoft

From 2001–2005: Windows XPOn October 25, 2001, Windows XP is released with a redesigned look and feel that's centered on usability and a unified Help and Support services center. It’s available in 25 languages. From the mid-1970s until the release of Windows XP, about 1 billion PCs have been shipped worldwide

III. History of Microsoft

Windows XP Professional rolls to retail stores

III. History of Microsoft

From 2006–2008: Windows VistaIt was released on November 30 2006 with the strongest security system yet.

Windows Vista

III. History of Microsoft

From 2009–Today: Windows 7• When Windows 7 is released in October 2009.• You can stream music, videos, and photos from your PC to a stereo or TV.• It is selling seven copies a second—the fastest-selling operating system in history. Windows 7 is evaluated by 8 million beta testers worldwide before it's released.

Window 7

IV. Conclusion

All in all, Microsoft is a program for computer that can make the convenience in using computer and can earn much mony from one revolution to one revolution.

V. Reference

www.historyofmicrosoft www.google.comwww.sabay.com.kh http://en.wikepedia.org/wiiki/Bill Gates http://en.wikepedia.org/wiiki/Paul_Allen www.paulallen.com;inventor.comhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/histor

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