The name 'Micro-soft' was first used by Paul Allen to refer to his partnership with Bill Gates on 11/29/75. This is the earliest known written record of the use of the name in the companies history. The company created its version of BASIC (Its first product) for the machine created by MITS and licensed this to MITS on 2/1/75. The company also licensed its version of BASIC to GE, Citibank and a host of others. The name "…showed first 75 words of 1463 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1463 total…the full services network, which has its own connection (like AOL, CompuServe, etc.) And also Microsoft Internet Explorer, which is just a web browsing utility, with many features. With the launch of Windows XP, Microsoft is the leader in Desktop, Multimedia, and Internet publishing. Microsoft is always growing and expanding. Microsoft formed with NBC to make MSNBC, a 24/7 news coverage television station. Microsoft is one of the worlds leading companies in the entertainment/media business.