| Date | Event | Source |
| February 17, 2000 | Microsoft Launches Windows 2000 | Everywhere |
| January 6, 2000 | Microsoft and Barnesandnoble.com today said they will launch a Barnesandnoble.com electronic bookstore using Microsoft Reader software | CNET News |
| December 12, 99 | Shares in VA Linux Systems(LNUX) soared eightfold, setting a new record for
the largest first-day gain of any initial public offering. | CNET News |
| December 12, 99 | Ericsson and Microsoft announced a joint venture to
develop products that provide fast access to the Internet
from any device. | CNET News |
| November 25, 99 | C3D Inc. (CDDD) plans to demonstrate next week new storage devices that can hold as much as 2,500
times the data of current compact disks. C3D shares rose from 113/16 to 291/16.
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Houston Chronicle |
| November 12, 99 | Microsoft plans to create boutiques inside Radio Shack outlets to accelarate acceptance of the
Internet as part of everyday life | Houston Chronicle |
| November 13, 99 | Oracle announced that it has
committed to the Monterey operating system, a joint
effort by IBM and SCO to create a version of Unix
for Intel's upcoming 64-bit processors. | CNET News |
| November 6, 99 | U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield
Jackson determined that Microsoft holds a monopoly in computer operating systems. | CNET News |
| August 2, 99 | Web-surfing cellphones coming to the United States. | CNET News |
| July 12, 99 | IBM buys Sequent for $810 million. | CNET News |
| June 29, 99 | CMGI buys AltaVista for $2.3 billion. | CNET News |
| October 6, 98 | MS Visual J++ 6.0 was released. | CNET News |