Databases & Desktop Publishing · 1991
Microsoft Publisher
A template-oriented desktop-publishing application for newsletters, brochures, cards and other page designs, aimed at users producing everyday organizational and personal materials.
Windows
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Office & Productivity · 1992
Microsoft Visio
Structured diagramming software for documenting processes, organizations, networks and spaces through reusable shapes, connectors, templates and technical drawing tools.
Windows,Web
Developer Tools · 1998
Microsoft Visual Basic 6
The final classic Visual Basic development environment, combining a visual form designer, event-driven BASIC code and components for building Windows business applications.
Windows
Developer Tools · 1997
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft's development-tool family for editing, building, debugging and testing applications, evolving from a suite of related products into an integrated environment for several languages.
Windows,macOS,Web
Operating Systems · 1985
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft's desktop operating-system family, providing the graphical interface, application services and hardware support behind a large part of the personal-computer ecosystem.
Windows
Office & Productivity · 1983
Microsoft Word
A word processor for drafting, formatting and reviewing documents, combining everyday writing tools with styles, references, page layout and collaborative editing.
Windows,macOS,Web
Internet & Communication · 1995
mIRC
A Windows Internet Relay Chat client for joining live channels, exchanging private messages and extending chat workflows through a built-in scripting language.
Windows
Internet & Communication · 2004
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla's open-source web browser, developed around the Gecko engine and a long-standing emphasis on web standards, customization and independent browser implementation.
Windows,Linux,macOS,Android,iOS
Internet & Communication · 2003
Mozilla Thunderbird
An open-source desktop email application for managing accounts and local correspondence, with address-book, calendar and extension capabilities that evolved across its product history.
Windows,Linux,macOS
Operating Systems · 1981
MS-DOS
Microsoft's command-line disk operating system for early IBM-compatible PCs, providing the file, program-loading and device conventions behind a large personal-computer software market.
IBM PC compatible,DOS
Internet & Communication · 1981
MS-DOS
Microsoft's command-line disk operating system for early IBM-compatible PCs, providing the file, program-loading and device conventions behind a large personal-computer software market.
IBM PC compatible,DOS
Internet & Communication · 1994
Netscape Navigator
An early commercial web browser that helped bring graphical internet navigation to a mass audience and became central to the first browser competition.
Windows,Linux,macOS