Fifty years ago on April 4, 1975, two young computer enthusiasts launched a company called Microsoft. Bill Gates and Paul Allen had the vision of putting a computer on every desk and in every home by creating a program that could power, support, and manage everything that went on inside a computer. Today, Microsoft's Windows is the dominant operating system worldwide, with a market share of 72%. So, how did two men with a passion for tech create the computer innovations that would define the 21st century?
Click through and browse this brief history of Microsoft.