For Microsoft, 1991 brings a new toll-free Piracy Hotline Number for consumer reports or inquires about pirated Microsoft® products: 1-800-NOCOPYN. We announce the BallPoint Mouse, designed especially for use with laptop

computers and sales of software applications written for Windows 3.0 skyrocket.

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The History of Microsoft - 1975

The History of Microsoft - 1976

The History of Microsoft - 1977

The History of Microsoft - 1978

The History of Microsoft - 1979

The History of Microsoft - 1980

The History of Microsoft - 1981

The History of Microsoft - 1982

The History of Microsoft - 1983

The History of Microsoft - 1984

The History of Microsoft - 1985

The History of Microsoft - 1986

The History of Microsoft - 1987

The History of Microsoft - 1988

The History of Microsoft - 1989

1991

1991 Revenue/Headcount

The 1991 fiscal year-end sales total $1,843,432,000. The 1991 fiscal Year employee headcount totals 8,226 people.

Official Subsidiaries Launched: Corporation MS 90 de Venezuela S.A. Microsoft Hong Kong Limited,

Microsoft New Zealand Limited, Microsoft Mexico, S.A. de C.V. , Microsoft Gesellschaft m.b.H (Austria) , Microsoft de Argentina S.A., Microsoft (Thailand) Limited

Sales Offices Established:

February 1, 1991

The redesign of product packaging to include the new Windows Flag logo begins in February 1991. The first product packages to display the Windows Flag are: Microsoft® Money for Windows (announced 9/1/1991); Microsoft Publisher for Windows (announced

9/16/1991); Microsoft Works for Windows version 2.0 (announced 9/16/1991); Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows, Volume 1.00b (RTM 12/19/1991); Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows, Volume 2 (ships 9/30/1991); and Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows,

Volume 3 (ships 9/30/1991). It will also be featured on Microsoft® Windows® version 3.1 (RTM 3/18/1992). This is NOT the 4-colored flag, but the first “Windows –compatible” mar