When Microsoft registered the trademark Win32, the 32 was dropped to simply become Cygwin.

When Microsoft later set out to develop a gaming console, the X was used as the basis of the name Xbox to indicate that the console was based on DirectX technology.

When Microsoft acquired the FASA Interactive subsidiary, Babcock went with that company.

When PenPoint failed in the marketplace, SmartSketch was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.

When TrueType and the license to Microsoft was announced, John Warnock of Adobe gave an impassioned speech in which he claimed Apple and Microsoft were selling snake oil, and then announced that the Type 1 format was open for anyone to use.

When employed for client-side web development in Microsoft Internet Explorer, VBScript is similar in function to JavaScript.

When specifying file names ( or paths ) in CP / M, DOS, Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems, the asterisk character ("*") substitutes for zero or more characters.

When released in 1993, Cello was the only browser for the Microsoft Windows platform.

When Microsoft entered an agreement with IBM to develop OS / 2, it lost interest in promoting Xenix.

When Microsoft eventually lost interest in OS / 2 as well, it based its further high-end strategy on Windows NT.

When the IBM PC arrived in late 1981, it came with PC-DOS, which was developed from 86-DOS, which Microsoft acquired for this purpose.

When faced with the same problems on Microsoft Windows-based versions of their programs, Adobe chose to instead include a TIFF file encoded into the header section of the PostScript.

When Alt-0181 or the DOS legacy Alt + 230 is typed into an editable field using the numeric keypad in Microsoft Windows, the µ symbol appears.

When the final revision of the third version of the GPL license was decided, the deal between Microsoft and Novell was grandfathered in.

When video game consoles entered the 4th and 5th generation, Sony and later Microsoft adopted a strategy of embracing cutting edge technology and selling their console at a loss, which was compensated by the licensing fee from sales of games.

When Microsoft Office 95 and Windows 95 were introduced into the Chinese market, the influence and sales of WPS went into steep decline.

When WPS 97 was released in 1997, it struggled to compete with Microsoft Office 97.

When a document is created in Microsoft Word 2007 and opened in an earlier version ( like Microsoft Word 2003 ), Microsoft Word 2003 tells the user it can download a converter to read files in the newer Microsoft Word 2007 format.

When Borland eventually sold its Quattro Pro and Paradox products to Novell, where they would be joined with Word Perfect in an attempt to match Microsoft Office, Borland was left with InterBase, which Esber had purchased in the late 1980s and had its origins as a derivative of the RDB database work at DEC. Borland's ongoing strategy was to refocus its development tools on the corporate market with client – server applications, so Interbase fitted in as a low-end tool and a good generic SQL database for prototyping.

When issuing unscheduled patches, e. g., major patches that aren't released on Patch Tuesday, Microsoft refers to these patches as " out of band.

When he discovered they had received from the Company's Court of Directors no permission to live in India, coupled with the fact that they were Americans who had been sent to Asia to convert `` the heathen '', he became more belligerent than ever.

When this second dilemma first became obvious -- during the mid to late '50's -- the United States appeared to have three choices.

When Alexander Brandel rose to speak, the hall became silent.

When the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company reached its 125th year as a going industrial concern during 1958, it became an almost unique institution in the mechanical world.

When the power of the latter was made both limited and explicit -- when norms were clarified and made more precise and the creation of new norms was placed exclusively in parliamentary hands -- two purposes were served: Government was made subservient to an institutionalized popular will, and law became a rational system for implementing that will, for serving conscious goals, for embodying the `` public policy ''.

When it became obvious that he could stay inside no longer, taking a thousand to one chance Gonzales rushed outside, square against the muzzle of a Winchester.

When her brother Winslow became a student at Brown University in 1874, she wrote him about a course in history he was taking under Professor Diman: `` What is Prof. Diman's definition of civilization, and take the world through, is its progress ever onward, or does it retrograde at times??

When cattle became more valuable, ranch owners frowned upon this practice and it was discontinued, at least when the boss was 'round.

`` When they became members of the city police narcotics unit '', Sokol said, `` they were told they would have to get to know certain areas of Chicago in which narcotics were sold and they would have to get to know people in the narcotics racket.

When he attended the Christian Anti-Communist Crusade school here about six months ago, Jim became convinced that an individual can do something constructive in the ideological battle and set out to do it.

When Austria became a member of the European Union, the Austrian variety of the German language — limited to 23 agricultural terms — was " protected " in Protocol No 10, regarding the use of specific Austrian terms of the German language in the framework of the European Union, which forms part of the Austrian EU accession treaty.

When telescopes became commonplace, setting circles sped measurements

When she became her godly form " Her hair's ambrosia breathed a holy fragrance.

When he became ill, the Alemanni claimed to have put a hex on him ( 78. 15. 2 ).

When Troy was sacked by the Greeks, Aeneas, after being commanded by the gods to flee, gathered a group, collectively known as the Aeneads, who then traveled to Italy and became progenitors of Romans.

When the Greeks left without killing Ajax, despite their sacrifices Athena became so angry that she persuaded Zeus to send a storm that sank many of their ships.

When Yolande's pregnancy ended, probabably with a miscarriage, Alexander's granddaughter Margaret became the heir.

When Alexander became emperor, he was young, amiable, well-meaning, and entirely under the dominion of his mother.

When it became apparent that Johnson would lose his seat, an effort began by ally George W. Jones to put forward Johnson's name for governor.

When Kolmogorov became aware of Solomonoff's work, he acknowledged Solomonoff's priority.

When the Roman infantry became entangled in combat with his army, the hidden ambush force attacked the legionnaires in the rear.

When Angelo Cardinal Roncalli was elected and became Pope John, there was some confusion as to whether he would be John XXIII or John XXIV ; he then declared that he was John XXIII to put this question to rest.

When Thomas became Chairman of the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC ) in 1982, Hill went along to serve as his assistant, leaving the job in 1983.

When the merger took place, all ten AFL franchises became part of the merged league's new American Football Conference ( AFC ), with three teams from the original 16-team NFL ( the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Colts ) joining them.

When that party dissolved, he became a member of the Know-Nothing party.