Microsoft
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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: MSFT) |
|---|---|
| Founded | Albuquerque, New Mexico (April 4, 1975)[1] |
| Founder(s) | Bill Gates Paul Allen |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Bill Gates (Chairman) Steve Ballmer (CEO) Ray Ozzie (CSA) Craig Mundie (CRSO) |
| Industry | Computer software Consumer electronics |
| Products | Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Microsoft Servers Windows Developer Tools Microsoft Expression Business Software Games[2] & Xbox 360[3] Windows Live[4] Windows Mobile Zune[5] |
| Revenue | ▲ US$ 60.420 billion (2008)[6] |
| Operating income | ▲ US$ 22.492 billion (2008)[6] |
| Net income | ▲ US$ 17.681 billion (2008)[6] |
| Total assets | ▲ US$ 72.793 billion (2008)[6] |
| Total equity | ▲ US$ 36.286 billion (2008)[6] |
| Employees | 89,809 in 105 countries (2008)[7] |
| Website | microsoft.com |
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEX: 4338) is an United States-based multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices.[8][7] Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.
The company was founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Its products have all achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. One commentator notes that Microsoft's original mission was "a computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software."[9] Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV.[8] The company's initial public stock offering (IPO) was in 1986; the ensuing rise of the company's stock price has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.[10][11][12]
Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism, including monopolistic business practices and anti-competitive strategies including refusal to deal and tying. The U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission, among others, have ruled against Microsoft for various antitrust violations.[13][14]
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