"ମାଇକ୍ରୋସଫ୍ଟ" ପୃଷ୍ଠାର ସଂସ୍କରଣ‌ଗୁଡ଼ିକ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ତଫାତ

[[File:1981BillPaul1981Bill&Paul.jpg|thumb|left|[[Paul Allen]] and [[Bill Gates]] (respectively) on October 19, 1981, in a sea of PCs after signing a pivotal contract. IBM called Microsoft in July 1980 inquiring about [[programming language]]s for its upcoming PC line;<ref name="Allan 2001">{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/?id=FLabRYnGrOcC|title=A History of the Personal Computer|last=Allan|first=Roy A.|publisher=Allan Publishing|isbn=0-9689108-0-7|year=2001|accessdate=July 17, 2010}}</ref>{{rp|228|date=November 2012}} after failed negotiations with another company, IBM gave Microsoft a contract to develop the OS for the new line of PCs.<ref name="Smart-Microsoft">{{cite journal|journal=Smart Computing|publisher=Sandhills Publishing Company|volume=6|issue=3|url=http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/r0603/09r03/09r03.asp&guid=|title=Microsoft to Microsoft disk operating system (MS-DOS)|date=March 2002|accessdate=August 18, 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2012}}</ref>]]

| <center>[[File:The Microsoft logo & slogan.png|100px]]</center> || Logo by Microsoft with the slogan''"Be What's Next."'' 2011–2012.<ref name="2010logo">{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/new-microsoft-brand-logos-company-tagline-revealed-at-mgx-event/|title=New Microsoft brand logos, company tagline revealed at MGX event? (update: no new logos, tagline is a go)|first=Joshua|last=Topolsky|authorlink=Joshua Topolsky|work=[[Engadget]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=July 22, 2010|accessdate=August 2, 2012}}</ref>