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MS-DOS 1.0 Release

The Microsoft team, led by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is presenting MS-DOS 1.0 to IBM executives in a high-stakes meeting that could determine the future of personal computing. The young, relatively unknown company is attempting to secure a partnership with the tech giant IBM.

Year 1981
Date 8/12
Location Microsoft Office, Washington, United States
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC

Key Figures

Bill Gates IBM Executive Paul Allen Microsoft Engineer IBM Assistant
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 365 linked moments

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IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150)
1981 · contemporaneous
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IBM Personal Computer Announced
1981 · contemporaneous
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IBM PC Launch
1981 · contemporaneous
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Release of the IBM Personal Computer (PC)
1981 · contemporaneous
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IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150)
1981 · same figure
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IBM Personal Computer Announced
1981 · same figure
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1997 · same figure
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IBM Announces Deep Blue's Victory Over Kasparov
1997 · same figure
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Signing of the IBM-Microsoft operating system agreement
1980 · same figure
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Microsoft Windows 1.0 Released
1985 · same figure
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IBM PC/XT Introduced
1983 · same figure
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Release of Windows Vista to Consumers
2007 · same figure
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IBM PC Launch
1981 · same figure
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IBM Personal Computer Launch
1981 · precedes
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Apple II Introduction
1977 · same era
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Apple II Introduction
1977 · precedes
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IBM PC AT Announcement
1984 · same figure
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Windows 1.0 Release
1985 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · follows
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STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia Launch
1981 · precedes
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STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia Launch
1981 · same era
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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Launch
1990 · same era
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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Launch
1990 · follows
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Tower Commission Report Release
1987 · same era
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Tower Commission Report Release
1987 · follows
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INF Treaty Signing
1987 · same era
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INF Treaty Signing
1987 · follows
A
Apollo ASTP Launch
1975 · same era
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Apollo ASTP Launch
1975 · precedes
Backpropagation Paper Published in Nature
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1986 · same era
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1986 · precedes
I
IBM announces the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150)
1981 · contemporaneous
I
IBM Personal Computer Announced
1981 · contemporaneous
I
IBM PC Launch
1981 · contemporaneous