Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:
MSFT, HKEX: 4338) is a multinational computer technology
corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a
wide range of software products for computing devices.[8]
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 in 1975, 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. Many of its products have 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 and the Microsoft
Natural keyboard, 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.
Web Site
www.microsoft.com
Location
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