微軟
Microsoft

context: zh_tw: 微軟在 1980 年開發了 UNIX 作業系統業務，叫做 Xenix，並聘用聖克魯茲作業改編該作業系統以應用於不同操作平臺。發表後受到歡迎，並鞏固了公司的霸主地位。1980 年 11 月，微軟獲得了 IBM 公司的合同，這筆交易中，微軟要提供 CP/M 作業系統給即將到來的 IBM 個人電腦上。但微軟沒有時間開發一個全新的系統，於是微軟從西雅圖電腦產品公司收購了 86-DOS，並將它更名為 MS-DOS，授權給 IBM 使用之後，IBM 更名為 PC-DOS。繼在 1981 年 8 月釋出的 IBM PC，微軟保留了 MS-DOS 的所有版權。當時，因為 IBM 有 PC-DOS 的版權，沒有公司可扭轉在非 IBM 硬體上不可執行 IBM 系統的情況。但由於微軟有 MS-DOS 的所有版權，微軟除了授權該軟體給 IBM 使用外，還與其他 OEM 廠商談判，將經過更改後的 MS-DOS 系統安裝到每一臺新電腦上。加上各種因素，微軟最終成為了領先的個人電腦作業系統的系統供應商。從此在非 IBM 硬體上便可執行微軟更改後的 IBM 系統，完全改變了當時的電腦業的規則和生態系統。微軟在 1983 年擴大業務，釋出微軟滑鼠，併成立微軟出版社進入新的市場。但不幸地，保羅・艾倫患上霍奇金病。同年二月向微軟辭職。
en: Childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen sought to make a business utilizing their shared skills in computer programming. In 1972 they founded their first company, named Traf-O-Data, which sold a rudimentary computer to track and analyze automobile traffic data. While Gates enrolled at Harvard, Allen pursued a degree in computer science at Washington State University, though he later dropped out of school to work at Honeywell. The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems's (MITS) Altair 8800 microcomputer, which inspired Allen to suggest that they could program a BASIC interpreter for the device. After a call from Gates claiming to have a working interpreter, MITS requested a demonstration. Since they didn't yet have one, Allen worked on a simulator for the Altair while Gates developed the interpreter. Although they developed the interpreter on a simulator and not the actual device, it worked flawlessly when they demonstrated the interpreter in March 1975 to MITS in Albuquerque, New Mexico. MITS agreed to distribute it, marketing it as Altair BASIC. Gates and Allen officially established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as the CEO. The original name of "Micro-Soft" (short for microcomputer software) was suggested by Allen. In August 1977 the company formed an agreement with ASCII Magazine in Japan, resulting in its first international office, "ASCII Microsoft". Microsoft moved its headquarters to Bellevue, Washington in January 1979.Microsoft entered the operating system (OS) business in 1980 with its own version of Unix, called Xenix. However, it was MS-DOS that solidified the company's dominance. After negotiations with Digital Research failed, IBM awarded a contract to Microsoft in November 1980 to provide a version of the CP/M OS, which was set to be used in the upcoming IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC). For this deal, Microsoft purchased a CP/M clone called 86-DOS from Seattle Computer Products, which it branded as MS-DOS, although IBM rebranded it to IBM PC DOS. Following the release of the IBM PC in August 1981, Microsoft retained ownership of MS-DOS. Since IBM had copyrighted the IBM PC BIOS, other companies had to reverse engineer it in order for non-IBM hardware to run as IBM PC compatibles, but no such restriction applied to the operating systems. Due to various factors, such as the software selection available for MS-DOS, Microsoft eventually became the leading PC operating systems vendor. The company expanded into new markets with the release of the Microsoft Mouse in 1983, as well as with a publishing division named Microsoft Press.
qas: question: zh_tw: 哪家母公司為計算機外圍裝置和出版業找到了解決方案？
en: What parent company founded solutions for computer peripherals and publishing?
answers: zh_tw: text: 微軟
en: text: Microsoft

question: zh_tw: DOS 是從誰購買的？
en: Who was dos purchased from?
answers: zh_tw: text: 西雅圖電腦產品
en: text: Seattle Computer Products