'Microsoft' gets 'Microsoft Inc.', A joint stock company incorporated in Washington State. In fact, Microsoft, was founded by Harvard student dropouts. The next step was to develop a disk operating system. The impetus for the development of MS-DOS has served as a meeting with two members of ibm, who came in summer 1980 at Microsoft, where they talked about the personal computer, which the corporation ibm, may create. At the meeting there was talk about a possible acquisition of ibm products such Microsoft, as Basic, Fortran, Cobol.
As a result, the first negotiations ibm asked Microsoft to develop for a new computer and operating system yet. After the meeting, held in September 1980, it was decided to undertake the creation of an operating system that was supposed to contain about 30,000 lines of code. Creating windose. Disk Operating System MS-DOS was too complicated for the average user, training work in this environment required too much time, because she did not have a graphical interface, the user had to memorize a lot of complicated, confusing commands. To eliminate all these inconveniences Gates thought it necessary to place between MS-DOS applications and intermediate system (granted temporary name of 'Interface Manager'), which was registered to a particular hardware system.
Published a range of add-ons to the core of MS-DOS, called windose 1x – 3x. For strengthening market position and rapid development capabilities of modern technology needed to radically change the approach to the way the system and move away from MS-DOS. Windows 95 Hybrid 16-bit / 32-bit graphical operating system, released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, this is the first system of family Windows, outwardly similar to the present: that there appeared such gui elements, like the desktop with icons, Taskbar and Checking For Counterfeit Software
Fairly long period when the store could be at 80 rubles to buy a cd with a selection of programs, total cost of thousands of dollars, has played with us all a cruel joke. For some reason we tend to think that acquiring cd we buy all of its contents, and can do with it what pleases us – to use, copy, distribute, etc. Meanwhile, the software is a copyright ownership and copyright and is protected by law 3523-1 On the Legal Protection of Software and Databases" and the law 5351-1 On Copyright and Related Rights". Using the software provide third parties is possible only with the consent of the copyright holder. Permit software developers to use their products made in the form "License Agreement", which determines the amount of transmitted user rights, including the right to use, make copies and distribute. When software is sold for money, in reality it is not sold by itself, but the license for it use. Copyright and ownership of the program itself remains with the developer, the property buyer to transfer only tangible media on which the program covers (disks). Using software without authorization is illegal. Article 146 of the Professional Code "Infringement of Copyright and Related Rights" provides some very nasty penalties for illegal use of facilities copyright. This is either a fine of up to 200,000 rubles or the salary of the convicted person for a period of 18 months, or compulsory work for a period of 180 to 240 hours, or by imprisonment for up to 2 years (part 2).
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