Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed Microsoft in 1978. Originally created to sell software for the Apple II computer, the firm established its current direction when it agreed to provide an operating system for IBM and its new personal computer. Development of the MS-DOS operating system and the ultimate success of the personal computer upon which it resided, provided a phenomenal level of business success and profits for Microsoft. The firm adopted a very shrewd method for business growth, analyzing competitor’s strengths and weaknesses, in an effort to develop competitive advantages that would fuel corporate profits. Such business practices brought them under investigation by the US Government in 1991, through an investigation by the
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