Microsoft

Microsoft is a major tech corporation based in Redmond, Washington. They are responsible for creating the Windows operating system,  Microsoft Edge, and the  Microsoft Office suite.

Beginnings
In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in the Albquqerque area. They first demonstrated some MITS that were developed at Washington State University, not longe after Microsoft's headquarters were moved to Bellevue, Washington. Their next venture would be Xenix a homemade fork of Unix. But MS-DOS was the piece of software that took the company places. With DOS being especially popular on IBM computers to rival Apple's Macintosh computers at the time.

Early Windows
On November 20th, 1985 Microsoft released a graphical shell for MS-DOS called Windows 1.0, despite Microsoft also working on IBM's OS/2 project. Microsoft also moved its headquarters to Redmond, Washington at this point in time.

Microsoft Edge

 * [[File:Edge.png]] Microsoft Edge - My new Chromium based son, Hopefully we can finally compete with Chrome this time.
 * [[File:Edgelegacy.png]] Microsoft Edge Legacy - My failed son who couldn't keep up with the competition and people kept confusing for my older browser son.
 * [[File:Edge-beta.png]] Microsoft Edge Beta - The beta channel for my son, Edge
 * [[File:Edge-dev.png]] Microsoft Edge Dev - The developer channel for my son, Edge
 * [[File:Edge-can.png]] Microsoft Edge Canary - The unstable channel for my son, Edge

Internet Explorer

 * [[File:IE1.png]] Internet Explorer 1 - My first ever browser son, you introduced the world to the Internet.
 * [[File:IE1.png]] Internet Explorer 2 - A minor improvement from my first browser son
 * [[File:IE3.png]] Internet Explorer 3 - My third browser son and first ever to be shaped like an E.
 * [[File:IE3.png]] Internet Explorer 4 - My fourth browser son
 * [[File:IE3.png]] Internet Explorer 5 - My fifth browser son and last version of IE to be available for Mac OS and Unix.
 * [[File:IE6.png]] Internet Explorer 6 - My sixth browser son and once king of the browsers
 * [[File:IE7.png]] Internet Explorer 7 - My seventh browser son and first to have tabbed browsing
 * [[File:IE7.png]] Internet Explorer 8 - My eighth browser son and not the most well-received one
 * [[File:IE9.png]] Internet Explorer 9 - My ninth browser son that came with an updated rendering engine
 * [[File:IE11.png]] Internet Explorer 10 - My tenth browser son that came in two flavors (desktop and metro)
 * [[File:IE11.png]] Internet Explorer 11 - My eleventh browser son that I'm still keeping around for a couple more years.

Websites

 * [[File:Bing.png]] Bing - My search engine son that people keep searching Google on.
 * [[File:Bing.png]] Bing Maps - My cartography-obsessed son
 * [[File:Msn.png]] MSN - My son that keeps me updated on the latest news.

Windows

 * [[File:Win1.png]] Windows 1.0 - My first operating system son that was a shell for MS-DOS
 * [[File:Win1.png]] Windows 2.0 - My second son in the Windows line that had some minor improvements
 * [[File:Windows3.png]] Windows 3.0 - My third son that came with a new Program Manager interface
 * [[File:Win3.png]] Windows 3.1 - A minor update to my third son
 * [[File:Win3.png]] Windows NT 3.1 - My first son to be based on Windows NT instead of MS-DOS
 * [[File:Win3.png]] Windows Chicago - This eventually became my next son in Windows 95
 * [[File:Win95.png]] Windows 95 - My first son to have the iconic Start Menu packaged in
 * [[File:Win95.png]] Windows NT 4.0 - An updated to previous NT son
 * [[File:Win95.png]] Windows Memphis - This eventually became my next son in Windows 98
 * [[File:Win95.png]] Windows 98 - A major update to my previous son in 95 with it support for more than 16 colors
 * [[File:Win95.png]] Windows 2000 - My rock-solid son made for businesses and enterprise users
 * [[File:Win95.png]] Windows ME - My buggy and retarded son
 * [[File:WinWhistler.png]] Windows Whistler- This eventually became my next son in Windows XP
 * [[File:Winxp.png]] Windows XP - Arguably my most popular son of all as it ran on the majority of computers from 2001 to 2012.
 * [[File:Winlonghorn.png]] Windows Longhorn - My ambitious but aborted son that never made it
 * [[File:WinVista.png]] Windows Vista - My son that was too much to handle for some computers at the time
 * [[File:Win7.png]] Windows 7 - A refinement on my previous son's ambitions and overall a favorite for consumers.
 * [[File:Win8.png]] Windows 8 - My son that had an alienating UI for most people
 * [[File:Win8.png]] Windows 8.1 - A refinement on my previous son's issues such as bringing back the start button.
 * [[File:Win10.png]] Windows 10 - Currently my most popular son running on more than half of the world's computers.
 * [[File:Win10x.png]] Windows 10X - My failed OS son that was designed with foldable devices in mind
 * [[File:Win11.png]] Windows 11 - My newest son that brings a new start layout and is compatible with Linux/Android apps.

Windows Server

 * [[File:Winxp.png]] Windows Server 2003 - Thanks for helping me create Windows Vista
 * [[File:WinVista.png]] Windows Server 2008 - My second server son
 * [[File:Winserv.png]] Windows Server 2012 - My third server son with the same weird UI as Windows 8/8.1
 * [[File:Winserv.png]] Windows Server 2016 - My fourth server son
 * [[File:Winserv.png]] Windows Server 2019 - My fifth server son

Windows Mobile

 * [[File:Win95.png]] Pocket PC 2000 - My first ever mobile son designed for Pocket PCs
 * [[File:Winxp.png]] Pocket PC 2002 - My second mobile son based on XP
 * [[File:Winxp.png]] Windows Mobile 2003 - My first son to jump onto smartphones
 * [[File:Winxp.png]] Windows Mobile 5 - My fourth mobile son
 * [[File:WinVista.png]] Windows Mobile 6 - My fifth mobile son and last to be on keypad smartphones
 * [[File:Winp7.png]] Windows Phone 7 - My sixth mobile son and first designed for touchscreen smartphones
 * [[File:Winp8.png]] Windows Phone 8 - My seventh mobile son
 * [[File:Winp8.1.png]] Windows Phone 8.1 - My eighth mobile son
 * [[File:Win10.png]] Windows 10 Mobile - My ninth and last mobile son made for smartphones.

Other Windows Editions

 * [[File:Win.png]] Windows CE - My embedded son for small computers
 * [[File:Win.png]] Windows Embedded - My embedded son
 * [[File:Win.png]] Windows Embedded Industry - My point of service son
 * [[File:Win.png]] Windows Embedded Automotive - My automotive son

Software

 * [[File:MSpaint.png]] MS Paint - My artist son
 * [[File:Notepad.png]] Notepad - My writer son who can only write basic letters and code in C
 * [[File:Word.png]] MS Word - My more professional writer son
 * [[File:Excel.png]] MS Excel - My graphing son
 * [[File:Ppoint.png]] MS PowerPoint - My presentative son

Frenemies

 * Apple - I may have bailed you out back in the late 90s, but we are still rivals since the 80s.

Enemies

 * [[File:Google.png]] Google - My new number one rival with them taking over the browser and search engine industry.
 * [[File:Amazon.png]] Amazon - I'm keeping an eye on you, you're not as bad as Google over here. But you're still a threat.