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Microsoft at 50: Its incredible rise, 15 lost years, and stunning comeback - in 4 charts

Microsoft at 50: Its incredible rise, 15 lost years, and stunning comeback - in 4 charts

In 1975, a few nerds formed a company to sell programming tools to other nerds. So how did Microsoft go on to become a trillion-dollar juggernaut?

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