Microsoft Word for MS-DOS shipped in September 1893.
In January 1985 Microsoft shipped Word 1.0 for Macintosh and Word 2.0 for DOS. In September they followed with Excel 1.0 for Macintosh.
In September 1886 Microsoft shipped Microsoft Works for Macintosh. Followed in October by Word 3.0 for Macintosh (skipping version 2.0) and Word 2.0 for DOS.
In July 1987 Microsoft acquires Forethought and with that the basis for PowerPoint. In September PowerPoint 1.0 for the Macintosh is shipped.
In July 1988 Microsoft ships PowerPoint 2.0 for the Macintosh.
In June 1989 Microsoft ships Office 1.0 for the Macintosh.
In May 1990 Microsoft ships PowerPoint 2.0 for Windows and in October Office 1.0 (which includes Excel 2.0, Word 2.1, and PowerPoint 2.0).
In January 1991 Microsoft ships Excel 3.0 for Windows. In October Word 2.0 for Windows.
In August 1992 Microsoft ships Office 3.0 for Windows (includes PowerPoint 3.0, Word for Windows 2.0, and Excel 4.0). In November Microsoft ships Access 1.o.
In September 1993 Microsoft ships the one millionth copy of Access, and Access 1.1 is the number one selling PC database. In November Office 4.0 for Windows ships and by the end of the more than ten millions copies of Word are in use.
In May 1994 Microsoft ships Access 2.0 for Windows and Office 4.3 Professional for Windows (adding Access 2.0 to the Office 4 package).
In August 1995 Microsoft ships Office 95 supporting it’s new flag ship operating environment Windows 95. By the end of the more than 30 million people now use Excel.
In April 1996 Exchange Server 4.0 is released as an upgrade to Microsoft Mail 3.5.
In January 1997 Microsoft Outlook 97 ships. In March Exchange Server 5.0. In November Office 97 is introduced and sells more than 60 million copies.
In January 1998 Office 98 for the Macintosh ships (Word 98, Excel 98, PowerPoint 98, and Outlook Express). In March Outlook 98 is introduced on Windows, and over 1 million copies are sold by May.
In March 1999 Access 200 is released which enabled integration with Microsoft SQL Server. In June Office 200 ships and attempts to bring web integration to the office platform.
In October 2000 Exchange Server 2000 is shipped and integrated e-mail, voice mail, and fax.
In March 2001 Office SharePoint Portal Server 2001 is shipped. In May Office XP ships to support Microsoft new flag ship operating system.
In October 2003 Office 2003 ships along with Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. OneNote and InfoPath are introduced as parts of the Office system. SharePoint is offered as a free addition to Windows Server 2003. The Office logo is updated from the old puzzle image to it’s current form. Exchange Server 2003 is shipped.
In April 2005 Microsoft acquires Groove and adds it to the Office suite.
In December 2006 Exchange Server 2007 is shipped.
In January 2007 Microsoft ships Office 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007.
In March 2008 Office Live debuts, by September 1 million users are signed up. In October Office Web applications are announced.
In April 2010 Exchange 2010 is shipped. In July Office 2010, Project 2010, and SharePoint 2010 are previewed. In September Office Web Apps are previewed. In October Microsoft introduces Office Start 2010, In November Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010, and Project 2010 are available as a public beta. Office Mobile 2010 is announced and available as a public beta.
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Microsoft certainly deserves a great deal of credit for pushing the envelope for office productivity applications. Gone are the days of archane key sequences in Word Perfect and hardware incompatibilities in Visi-Calc…
Many companies choose to use Microsoft products because that is what they know, and that is what Microsoft huge sales force promotes… is Office 2010 in your future?
Microsoft Office Timeline
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