In July 1981, Microsoft acquired all products of Seattle Computer Products for $50000, and 86-DOS renamed to MS-DOS. Before version 5.0, MS-DOS had no official logo or wordmark to speak of.
1991–2001
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Helvetica (modified)
Launched:
June 1991
Print version
Alternate version
Grayscale version
Logo as seen on packaging
Pixelated version, first seen embedded in the PIFMGR.DLL file in Windows 3.1 (1992)
Version 5.0, released in June 1991, introduced its well-known logo.
Notes: 1 Became independent from 2007–2022, later becoming a Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary in 2022 2 Were moved to work on other Microsoft Software departments 3 consolidated 4 Sold to Take-Two Interactive, later being defunct
Notes: 1 Became independent from 2007–2022, later becoming a Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary in 2022 2 Were moved to work on other Microsoft Software departments 3 consolidated 4 Sold to Take-Two Interactive, later being defunct
Notes: 1Nokia phone brand licensing was sold to Human Mobile Devices in 2016. The original Nokia company continues to exist. 2Developer Kit hardware was discontinued in 2023. Azure Kinect technologies continued to be licensed to its partners.
