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How Microsoft made it through 50 years

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Microsoft turns 50 years old today .

The company was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen as Micro-Soft .

Microsoft 's core business model and ethos remain the same: make software that everyone needs and get it installed everywhere.

Microsoft had SPOT smartwatches decades before the Apple Watch and Windows XP- powered tablets years before the iPad .

Microsoft 's Xbox was originally dubbed a “ Windows entertainment project” and developed to fend off the threat of Sony ’s PS2 console in the living room.

Other Microsoft projects have taken a more roundabout route to becoming successful products.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been so aggressive when it comes to AI .

Microsoft is now trying to build software that adapts on the fly.

Nadella stressed the importance of Microsoft ’s own AI work during a recent employee town hall meeting.

Microsoft is increasingly focused on robotics, healthcare , and even quantum computing.

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