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Microsoft Day

Name: Microsoft Day
Start: 2025-04-04T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-04-04
Location: US Holidays

Microsoft Day is held on April 4. This event in the first decade of the month April is annual.

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The company got its name by one of its founders. Bill Gates sent a letter to Paul Allen back in 1975, before they would found the company. The letter was the first time the word Microsoft was mentioned. First OS Developed by the Company was Called XENIX (a modified version of the UNIX operating system).

Microsoft Corporation (Founded: April 4, 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.) is an American multinational technology corporation which produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best-known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Number of employees: 182,268 (Q2 2021).

Microsoft is one of the most valuable companies today. It is one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Google, Amazon, Apple, and Meta.