Computers+of+the+1990s

People today rely on computers for just about everything; from ordering pizza online to shopping for just about anything you could imagine. In the beginning of the 1990s, World Wide Web started, but you had to pay for every minute you used. Bill Gates then started Windows and the company skyrocketed. Microsoft 3 was released and it was much faster and more attractive. It also allowed multiple sites to be running at the same time. It also came with Microsoft Word and Mircosoft Excel. An astonishing 3 million copies were sold just the first year (T.P.H.W.P.M.A.H.J.). This is a huge accomplishment not only for Bill Gates, but for Microsoft. I am just happy that Bill Gates created Microsoft because he has helped technology advance and help students be more professional when using the computer. In 1991 Microsoft introduced the first palmtop PC and they had about 89,000 employees. In 1993 they come out with a three pound HP OmniBook and had shipped their 10 millionth LaserJet Printer (HP Invent). That is a huge success for Microsoft since they were just established in 1990. In '94 Microsoft opened up labs in Israel and had about 98,400 employees. In 1996 they announced they had made advancements to their printer to be more efficent. In 1998 Microsoft had a revenue of $47.1 billion and had about 124,600 employees. In '99 the first PC Pocketsize with a color screen was brought to society. Suprisingly they only have 84,000 employees (HP Invent). To me it's very interesting that they number of employees is not constant. It dropped about 35,000 employees in one year! Microsoft wasn't the only computer company in the 1990s. In 1993 the National Center for Super Computing Applications released Mosaic using HTTP (Williams). Bill Gates may be the richest man in the world, but he is also one of the smartest in my opinion. Without his inventions, we would be no where close to the technological advancements that we have today.