I present for your amusement the Microsoft employee price list from 1987. Marvel at the Microsoft software catalog from nearly 40 years ago. Use your inflation calculators to figure out how much those prices translate into today’s dollars. (Note that these are the discounted employee prices, not the retail price.)
May 4, 1897 EMPLOYEE PRICE LIST PART EMPLOYEE PART EMPLOYEE NUMBER DESCRIPTION PRICE NUMBER DESCRIPTION PRICE FORTRAN MULTIPLAN 005-014v400 MS-DOS $30.00 023-014v203 MS-DOS 3.0 $15.00 005-023 SOFTCARD $10.00 023-022 APPLE II (NATIVE) $15.00 005-092v331 XENIX 286 $30.00 023-096v111 MACINTOSH $15.00 005-096v220 MACINTOSH $20.00 PROJECT A.L.D.S. 027-014v301 IBM $30.00 006-023 SOFTCARD $20.00 026-214v300 COURSEWARE $30.00 BASIC COMPILER FLIGHT SIMULATOR 007-014v536 MS-DOS $15.00 030-096v102 MACINTOSH $10.00 007-023 SOFTCARD $25.00 030-099v213 IBM $10.00 007-096v100 MACINTOSH 1.0 $20.00 007-114v300 QUICKBASIC $ 5.00 FILE 033-096v105 MACINTOSH $15.00 MUMATH/MUSIMP 009-014v412 MS-DOS $20.00 WORD 034-049v300 NETWORK $45.00 COBOL 034-049-034 NETWORK WORKSTATION $20.00 011-014v210 MS-DOS $25.00 034-096v301 MACINTOSH $ TBA 011-023 SOFTCARD $20.00 034-099v311 IBM $40.00 011-092 XENIX 286 $30.00 034-214v310 COURSEWARE 3.1 DOS $35.00 034-296v300 COURSEWARE 3.1 MAC $25.00 BASIC INTERPRETER 014-014 MS-DOS $20.00 CHART 014-092v541 XENIX…