B efore Windows introduced its modern GUI system, Microsoft was well-known for its iconic command-line operating system, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

That first operating system was called MS-DOS -- for Microsoft Disk Operating System. It required people to type instructions to complete tasks such as running programs and deleting files.

Via a January 22 blog post, Microsoft is providing more details about the system requirements for its Office 2010 suite, due out by June 2010.The bottom line: If your PC can run Office 2007, it ...

1981 – In August, Microsoft releases its new operating software Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS). It begins running on IBM personal computers – a seminal moment for the company’s ...

It was called the Microsoft Disk Operating System — MS-DOS, for short. A manual required to operate MS DOS, on display at a vintage computer festival in Seattle.

Its success was driven by its integration with the Windows operating system. Today, Microsoft 365, the cloud-based version of the Office suite, commands a market share of 30% in the productivity ...

Microsoft, in collaboration with IBM, has announced that it is open-sourcing MS-DOS 4.00 as the two worked together on the underlying code. MS-DOS or Microsoft Disk Operating System was first ...

Microsoft just made it feasible to install Windows on a small capacity solid state drive (SSD) or hard drive with not much space left. Using a new deployment option called Windows Image Boot, or ...

Satya Nadella's elevation to CEO and co-founder Bill Gates' decision to relinquish his chairmanship at Microsoft Corp marks a changing of the guard at a 39-year-old company that fueled the PC ...