Tech titan turns 50: Microsoft in numbers

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Created in 1975 by childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft today is one of the five Big Tech titans. 365 Microsoft Office, the company's suite of software products containing Word, PowerPoint and Excel, was launched in 1989 and hit shelves a year later. Over time it became the go-to home computer software across th ...