3(0.85) CDCDD Microsoft Corporation is the leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. The company also publishes books and multimedia titles and offers electronic mail services. It has sales offices throughout the world but does virtually all of its research and development at its corporate headquarters in redmond, Washington, U. S In 1975 Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen, two boyhood friends from Seattle, converted BASIC, a popular mainframe programming language, for use on an early personal computer (PC), the Altair. Shortly afterward Gates and Allen founded Microsoft, deriving the name from the words "microcomputer" and"software "During the next few years they refined BASIC and developed other programming languages. In 1980 International Business Machines Corporation(IBM) asked Microsoft to produce the essential software, or operating system, for its first personal computer, the IBM PC Microsoft purchased an operating system from another company, modified it, and renamed it MS-DOS(Microsoft Disk Operating System). MS-DOS was released with the IBM PC in 1981. Thereafter, most manufacturers of personal computers licensed MS-DOS as their operating system, generating vast revenues for Microsoft by the early 1990s it had sold more than 100 million copies of the program and defeated rival operating systems such as CP/, which it displaced in the early 1980s, and later OS/. Microsoft deepened its position in operating systems with its Windows graphic command program, whose third version, released in 1990, gained a wide following. By 1993 Windows 3.0 and its subsequent versions were selling at a rate of one million copies per month, and nearly 90 percent of the world's PCs ran on a Microsoft operating system. In 1995 the company released Windows 95, which for the first time fully integrated MSDOS with Windows and effectively matched in ease of use Apple Computer's Macintosh OS. It also became the leader in productivity software such as word-processing and spreadsheet programs, outdistancing long-time rivals Lotus and Word Perfect in the process 1. What is the role of microsoft Corporation in the world of software applications? A)It's the biggest multinational corporation. B)It's the founder of personal computers C)It's the leading developer D)Its the largest bookseller in America. 2. Besides software systems and applications, what else does microsoft deal in? A) Publishing books and multimedia titles B)Offering electronic mail services C)Inventing program languages D)Both A and B 3. Who established Microsoft? A)Bill Gates B)Paul G. Allen. C)Bill Gates and Paul g. Allen. D)A group of computer experts 4. In 1980 IBM asked Microsoft to produce the operating system, they A)invented it alone B)refused to do it C)wanted to make a perfect one but they failed D)bought one from another company and made a little3 (0.85) CDCDD Microsoft Corporation is the leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. The company also publishes books and multimedia titles and offers electronic mail services. It has sales offices throughout the world but does virtually all of its research and development at its corporate headquartersinRedmond,Washington, U. S. In 1975 Bill Gates and Paul G. Allen, two boyhood friends from Seattle, converted BASIC, a popular mainframe programming language, for use on an early personal computer (PC), the Altair. Shortly afterward Gates and Allen founded Microsoft, deriving the name from the words “microcomputer” and “software.” During the next few years they refined BASIC and developed other programming languages. In 1980 International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) asked Microsoft to produce the essential software, or operating system, for its first personal computer, the IBM PC. Microsoft purchased an operating system from another company, modified it, and renamed it MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). MS-DOS was released with the IBM PC in 1981. Thereafter, most manufacturers of personal computers licensed MS-DOS as their operating system, generating vast revenues for Microsoft; by the early 1990s it had sold more than 100 million copies of the program and defeated rival operating systemssuch as CP/M, which it displaced in the early 1980s, and later OS/2. Microsoft deepened its position in operating systems with its Windows graphical command program, whose third version, released in 1990, gained a wide following. By 1993, Windows 3.0 and its subsequent versions were selling at a rate of one million copies per month, and nearly 90 percent of the world’s PCsran on a Microsoft operating system. In 1995 the company released Windows 95, which for the first time fully integrated MSDOS with Windows and effectively matched in ease of use Apple Computer’s Macintosh OS. It also became the leader in productivity software such as word-processing and spreadsheet programs, outdistancing long-time rivals Lotus andWordPerfect in the process. 1.What is the role of Microsoft Corporation in the world of software systems and applications? A) It’sthe biggest multinational corporation. B) It’sthe founder of personal computers. C) It’sthe leading developer. D) It’sthe largest bookseller inAmerica. 2. Besides software systems and applications, what else does Microsoft deal in? A) Publishing books and multimedia titles. B) Offering electronic mailservices. C) Inventing program languages. D) BothAandB. 3.Who established Microsoft? A) Bill Gates. B) Paul G.Allen. C) Bill Gates and Paul G.Allen. D)Agroup of computer experts. 4.In 1980 IBM asked Microsoft to produce the operating system, they ________. A) invented it alone B) refused to do it C) wanted to make a perfect one, but they failed D) bought one from another company and made a little