Microsoft Corporation, ek pramukh tech company hai jo duniya bhar mein software, hardware, aur cloud computing ke kshetra mein apne vyavsayik prabhav ke liye jaani jaati hai. Iska safar 4 April 1975 mein Bill Gates aur Paul Allen ke dwara shuru hua tha, aur tab se lekar aaj tak, Microsoft ne tech industry ko kaayam rakha hai. Chaliye, Microsoft Corporation ki kranti aur itihas ko ek nazdeek se jaan lete hain.
Microsoft ka itihas 1975 mein shuru hua tha jab Bill Gates aur Paul Allen ne ek chhote se garage office se kaam ki shuruaat ki. Unka sapna tha ek personal computer ke har ghar mein pahunchna. Unhone apne pehle programming language interpreter “BASIC” ke liye ek agreement kiya, jo ki MITS Altair 8800 computer ke liye banaya gaya tha. Is agreement ke saath, Microsoft Corporation ka janm hua.
1980s ke prarambh mein, IBM ne apna pehla personal computer IBM PC launch kiya, aur Microsoft ko iske liye operating system develop karne ka avasar diya. Microsoft ne IBM ke liye MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) banaya, jo ki baad mein Windows ka prarambh tha. IBM PC ka safalta Microsoft ke liye ek bada kadam tha.
1985 mein, Microsoft ne apna pehla Windows operating system (Windows 1.0) launch kiya. Windows ek GUI (Graphical User Interface) based operating system tha jo DOS ke upar kaam karta tha. Iske baad, alag-alag versions jaise Windows 3.0, Windows 95, Windows 98, aur Windows XP aaye. Windows XP ek aisa version tha jo kai saalon tak lokpriya raha.
Microsoft ne 1989 mein Microsoft Office suite ko launch kiya, jo ki word processing, spreadsheet, aur presentation software ka ek sangrah tha. Microsoft Office ka safalta dhire-dhire badi aur ye aaj bhi business aur vyavsayik upayog ke liye pramukh hai.
Microsoft ne apne Internet Explorer web browser aur Windows 95 ke sath Internet revolution mein badi bhoomika nibhayi. Internet Explorer ka lokpriy hone se Microsoft ek samay ke liye web browser race mein aage chala gaya.
Microsoft ke safar mein ek important phase tha jab unpar antitrust case laga. Uchit vyavsayik prabhandhan ke khilaaf lagaye gaye arop ki roshni mein, Microsoft ko 2001 mein antitrust case mein doshi ghoshit kiya gaya, lekin isse unka vyavsayik prabhav kam nahi hua.
2000 mein, Bill Gates ne CEO ki kursi chhod di aur uska sthan Steve Ballmer ne liya. Is samay mein bhi Microsoft apne innovation aur vyavsayik safalta mein vishesh sthiti mein thi.Windows XP ke baad, Microsoft ne Windows 7 ko launch kiya, jo user-friendly interface aur behtar performance ke liye prasiddh tha. Windows 7 ne Windows Vista ke baad aaye versions mein Microsoft ki sthiti ko sudhar diya.
Microsoft Azure aur Cloud Computing:
2000s ke antim dashak mein, Microsoft ne apne cloud computing platform “Microsoft Azure” ko launch kiya. Isse Microsoft cloud computing ke kshetra mein bhi ek pramukh khiladi ban gaya.
2014 mein, Satya Nadella ne Microsoft ke CEO ka padabhar sambhala. Unhone company ko ek naya mukhauta diya aur cloud computing, artificial intelligence, aur open source technology mein vishesh ruchi li. Nadella ke netritva mein Microsoft ne apne utkrisht safar ko jaari rakha.
2015 mein, Microsoft ne Windows 10 ko launch kiya, jo ek unified operating system tha jise alag-alag devices par ek jaisa experience dene ke liye design kiya gaya tha. Iske saath hi, Microsoft Office 365 bhi launch kiya gaya, jo cloud-based productivity suite hai.
Aaj, Microsoft ek vishesh vyavsayik safalta aur innovation ka prateek hai. Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, Azure, aur Surface devices jaise products Microsoft ki lokpriyata ka prateek hain. Company ne artificial intelligence aur machine learning ke kshetra mein bhi adhigat prabhav banaya hai.
Microsoft Corporation ne apne safar mein tech industry ko naye uchchaiyon tak pahunchaya hai. Unka dridh sankalp aur vyavsayik pratibha ek safalta katha ka udaharan hai. Aaj bhi, Microsoft ek samriddh vyavsayik sthal aur technological innovation ka pramukh samriddhi hai.