- IMicrosoft igubha iminyaka engama-50 kusukela yasungulwa ngo-1975 nguBill Gates noPaul Allen e-Albuquerque, eNew Mexico.
- Le nkampani iholele ekuziphendukeleni kwezobuchwepheshe ngemikhiqizo efana ne Windows, Ihhovisi, Xbox kanye ne-Azure, ebusa imikhakha ebalulekile njenge izinhlelo ezisebenzayo, imidlalo yevidiyo kanye ne-cloud computing.
- Ubhejwe kakhulu ukuhlakanipha okufakelwayo, ikakhulukazi ngokusebenzisana kwayo ne I-OpenAI kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamathuluzi afana I-Copilot.
- I-Microsoft ikhumbula isikhumbuzo ngokuqukethwe kwamahhala okufana nesizinda se-Xbox nezindikimba, kuyilapho futhi igcina ukuzibophezela kwayo ekuzibophezeleni komphakathi kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha emhlabeni jikelele.
Inkampani yezobuchwepheshe yeMicrosoft ikhumbula ikhulunyaka kusukela yasungulwa ngalo mhlaka-4 Ephreli., isikhathi lapho ikhule khona kusukela ekuqaleni kancane ngezifiso zesofthiwe kuya ekubeni enye yezinkampani ezinkulu emhlabeni, nokuba khona komhlaba wonke okuhlanganisa yonke into kusukela kumasistimu okusebenza kuya ekuhlakanipheni kokwenziwa okuthuthukile.
Okwaqala egalaji e-Albuquerque, eNew Mexico, ngo-1975 Njengomsebenzi oqhutshwa abantu abasha ababili abathanda ukusebenzisa ikhompyutha—uBill Gates noPaul Allen—uholele enkampanini enabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-250.000, imali yemakethe ecishe ibe yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamaRandi. imikhiqizo ephawule izizukulwane.
Kusukela ku-MS-DOS kuya ku-Windows: Ukuqala Kwenguquko
Impumelelo yokuqala enkulu ye-Microsoft yafika ngawo-80 nge-IBM., ngokwakha isistimu yokusebenza ye-MS-DOS eyaba indinganiso yamakhompyutha omuntu. Lokhu kubambisana akugcinanga nje ngokuba nomthelela empumelelweni yenkampani, kodwa kuphinde kwavula indlela yokubusa kwayo embonini yesoftware.
Ukufika kweWindows ngo-1985 kwaphawula isahluko esisha. Nakuba inguqulo yayo yokuqala ithole ukwamukelwa okusivivi, uhlelo lwashintsha ukuze lufinyelele, nge-Windows 95, izinga lokuduma eliguqule indlela izigidi zabantu ezisebenzelana ngayo nobuchwepheshe. Imenyu yokuqala, ibha yomsebenzi, kanye nesixhumi esibonakalayo esibonakalayo sichaze isikhathi sekhompuyutha yasekhaya neyebhizinisi.
Le mpumelelo yahlanganiswa nayo imikhiqizo efana I-Microsoft Office kanye nokwandiswa kwe-ecosystem ye-Windows emashumini eminyaka alandelayo. Isoftware yehhovisi lenkampani isiyithuluzi elicishe libaluleke kakhulu emsebenzini, kwezemfundo, nasezindaweni zomuntu siqu.
Ukunwetshwa okudlulele ngale kwesoftware
Phakathi neminyaka yawo-2000, IMicrosoft yaqala ukubheka ngale kwesoftware evamileNgo-2001, yangena emkhakheni wezokuzijabulisa ngokwethulwa kwe-Xbox, ikhonsoli eyayidinga ukutshalwa kwezimali okubalulekile kodwa yagcina isungule umkhiqizo njengomdlali obalulekile emhlabeni wemidlalo yevidiyo.
Futhi kulesi sikhathi kwavela imikhiqizo efana ne-Surface line, inkampani ehlangene nayo hardware kanye nesistimu yokusebenza kumadivayisi amalaptop ngomklamo ohlukile. I-Surface ivumele iMicrosoft ukuthi izibeke engxenyeni ephambili yemakethe yamakhompiyutha, iqhudelana ngqo nemikhiqizo efana ne-Apple.
Nokho, akuzona zonke izinto ezaphumelela. Umzamo wokuncintisana emakethe yeselula ne-Windows Phone yehlulekile ukwenzeka, naphezu kokutholwa kweNokia. Nomdlali we-Zune noma ezinye izinguqulo zamadivayisi wakhe wokuthinta akuqala. Noma kunjalo, Inkampani ikwazile ukulungisa izifundo nokugxila emathubeni amasha.
Ushintsho olubheke emafini kanye nobuhlakani bokwenziwa
Ngokufika kuka-Satya Nadella njenge-CEO ngo-2014, iMicrosoft yaphinde yaqondisa isu layo emafini nasekuhlakanipheni kokwenziwa.. I-Azure, inkundla yayo yezinsizakalo zamafu, isikhule yaba eyesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni, ngemuva kwe-Amazon Web Services kuphela.
Ngokuhambisanayo, Ihhovisi 365 laba I-Microsoft 365, ngemodeli yokubhalisa ekuvumela ukuthi ufinyelele amathuluzi ayo kusukela kunoma iyiphi idivayisi nendawo. Lo mbono womsebenzi oguquguqukayo, osekelwe efwini uqiniswe ukuhlanganiswa kokusebenza kwe IA emikhiqizweni efana iZwi noma i-Excel.
Esinye sezigigaba zakamuva eziphawuleka kakhulu kube ubudlelwano ne-OpenAI, eyethulwe ngo-2019 futhi yaqiniswa ngo-2023 ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwezigidigidi zamadola. Ngenxa yalokhu kubambisana, iMicrosoft ithuthukise amathuluzi afana ne-Bing Chat, GitHub Copilot, Windows Copilot noma iMicrosoft 365 Copilot., ukuhlanganisa abasizi abahlakaniphile ezindaweni zansuku zonke nezomsebenzi.
Inkampani iphinde ihlole ezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-AI, kusukela kumathuluzi omkhakha wezokunakekelwa kwempilo kuya ezisombululweni zemfundo nezamabhizinisi. Amamodeli athuthukisiwe futhi aphathwa kumakhompiyutha awo amakhulu e-Azure avula umnyango wezindlela ezintsha zokuxhumana nobuchwepheshe..
Ukuqashelwa nemigubho yeminyaka yayo engamashumi amahlanu
Ukumaka lolu suku, iMicrosoft yethule uchungechunge lokuqukethwe kwesikhumbuzo samahhala ezisekelweni zayo. Abasebenzisi be-Xbox ne-PC bangafinyelela izingqikithi zephrofayela, ingemuva eliguqukayo, amabheji akhethekile, kanye nenguqulo ye-retro ye-Solitaire yakudala., zonke zikhuthazwe yizigigaba zomlando zenkampani.
Futhi, Le nkampani isimemezele izibonelelo zezinhlangano zezenhlalo ezingama-50 ePuget Sound, njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwayo emiphakathini lapho isebenzela khona. Lesi senzo siqinisa ukugxila kwaso kumthwalo wemfanelo wenkampani kanye nomthelela womphakathi.
Ukusuka eSpain kuya e-United States, iMicrosoft inyuse utshalomali lwayo kwingqalasizinda kanye izikhungo zedatha, ikakhulukazi lezo ezigxile kubuhlakani bokwenziwa, ukuqinisa izinsiza zomphakathi nezizimele ngezisombululo ezithuthukisiwe zobuchwepheshe kanye nokugcizelela okukhethekile ukuphepha kwe-cyber.
IMicrosoft okwamanje iyinkampani yesibili ngobukhulu emakethe yamasheya, ilandela i-Apple kuphela. Inani layo ezimakethe lihlangabezane ne-a ukukhula okuqhubekayo, naphezu kokuncipha ngezikhathi ezithile, futhi izibikezelo zabahlaziyi zikhomba ikusasa eliqhakazile eliqhutshwa ubuhlakani bokwenziwa.
Kusukela ku-Altair BASIC kuya ku-Copilot, i-Microsoft ibe nesandla ekuthuthukisweni kwedijithali kwezwe lanamuhla. Inetheknoloji yentando yeningi, yaba nomthelela kwisiko lomsebenzi nokufunda, futhi iyaqhubeka nokuhlola izindlela ezintsha hlanganisa ulwazi, idatha kanye namathuluzi edijithali ekuphileni kwansuku zonke.
Umbhali oshisekayo ngomhlaba wamabhayithi nobuchwepheshe ngokujwayelekile. Ngiyathanda ukwabelana ngolwazi lwami ngokubhala, futhi yilokho engizokwenza kule bhulogi, ngikubonise zonke izinto ezithakazelisayo kakhulu ngamagajethi, isofthiwe, ihadiwe, izitayela zobuchwepheshe, nokuningi. Inhloso yami ukukusiza ukuthi uzulazule emhlabeni wedijithali ngendlela elula nejabulisayo.