Quick Facts
- Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975
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It was founded by Bill Gates
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Microsoft was established in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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It had 89,809 employees in 105 countries in 2008
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Its net income was $17.68 billion in 2008
Expert summary
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States. It rose to popularity in the 1980s with the MS-DOS home computer operating system, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Its most best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office line of productivity software. Over the years, Microsoft has faced several accusations against it related to monopoly status, and anti-competitive business practices. When the company went public issuing equity shares, it made four billionaires and about 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. The latest operating system from Microsoft is Vista, released in January 2007.
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