Press Releases

March 21, 1996

Microsoft Corporation announced that the company has launched an anti-piracy initiative in New York and New Jersey aimed at curbing illegal distribution of Microsoft system software, including MS DOS and the Microsoft Windows family.

March 20, 1996

According to figures released by Microsoft Corp., Windows NT Server is expected to account for 25 percent of worldwide server operating system shipments by the completion of fiscal year 1996, ending in June.

March 19, 1996

Bill Gates Speaks on “How the Personal Computer Empowers All of Us”

March 19, 1996

Microsoft, Manpower, Dell Computer have teamed to launch a nationwide school-to-career pilot project.

March 19, 1996

Softimage Inc., the world’s leading high-end
3-D animation software company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., announced a new developers program called the Softimage Software Developers Connection.

March 14, 1996

Six Grand Prize Winners Receive Trip to Microsoft World Headquarters to Share Ideas with Bill Gates

March 13, 1996

Federal Court Assesses Damages Against Taiwanese Computer Company and U.S. Subsidiary

March 12, 1996

Acquires and Licenses Key Database, Development Tools, Remote Application Serving And ActiveX Plug-in Technologies

March 12, 1996

Microsoft Corp. announced ActiveX Technologies, which make it easy for the broadest range of software developers and Web designers to build dynamic content for the Internet and the PC.

March 12, 1996

ActiveMovie Add-on Makes Delivering Interactive Content Over Networks Easy For Tool, Title and Internet Content Developers