information about Microsoft corporation
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I N T R O D U C T I O N Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing . Started as a version of the BASIC programming language . The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world’s most valuable company .
Vision and mission
Worldwide Company strength
Revenue $62.484 billion (2010) Operating income $24.098 billion (2010) Profit $18.760 billion (2010) Total assets $86.113 billion (2010) Total equity $46.175 billion (2010) ECONOMY…
Dream of having a PC on every desktop HOW IT ALL STARTED??????
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and is chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect. Bill Gates
2009 Bill Gates is still the richest man in the world with $ 40.0 billion List is the ranking of the world's richest billionaires as of February 13, 2009
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American investor and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and is one of the wealthiest people in the world with a personal wealth of US$13.5 billion as of 2010. Paul Gardner Allen
Founding 1975 – Popular Electronics magazine featured a cover story for Altair 8800. This inspired Gates and Allen to develop a version of the B ASIC Programming Language for the Altair. This inspired Gates and Allen to develop a version of the B ASIC Programming Language for the Altair. Licensed the software to MITS, (Micro Instrumental Telemetry Systems) Altair manufacturer Microsoft (Originally Microsoft) was formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop versions of Basic for other companies.
History 1975-1983 Early History 1984-1994 Windows And Office 1995-2005 internet and 32-bit era 2006-2011 Windows Vista, Window 7,mobile & SaaS 2012-present windows mobile metro design
History of Microsoft
The U.S. Department of Justice files two antitrust cases against Microsoft, alleging the company had violated the Sherman Act. 1998
First beta of .NET framework released . 2000
Time Line OF Microsoft Logos
Product’s of Microsoft
Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of graphical interface operating systems developed, marketed and sold by Microsoft. Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Window on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs). Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market with over 90% market share, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984. Latest Operating System Are – Window 8.
Windows Release date with their lifecycles
Microsoft Office 2013 (formerly Office 15 ) is a version of Microsoft Office, a productivity suite for Microsoft Windows. It is the successor of Microsoft Office 2010 and includes extended file format support, user interface updates and support for touch among its new features. Office 2013 is suitable for IA-32 and x64 systems and requires Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 or later version of either. A version of Office 2013 comes included on Windows RT devices. Microsoft Office
The Xbox is a video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market. The integrated Xbox Live service launched in November 2002 allowed players to play games online with a broadband connection. Xbox's successor, the Xbox 360, was launched in November 2005. Windows Xbox
Skype is proprietary Voice a over IP service and software application. It developed into a platform with over 600 million users and was bought by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion. The service allows users to communicate with peers by voice using a microphone, video by using a webcam, and instant messaging over the Internet. Skype's original proposed name (Sky Peer-to-Peer) reflects this fact. Microsoft Skype
Hotmail (officially Microsoft Hotmail, previously Windows Live Hotmail and MSN Hotmail) was a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of Windows Live. It was recently replaced by the newer Outlook service by Microsoft. Hotmail was one of the first web-based email services, it was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith and launched in July 1996 as Hotmail. It was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 for an estimated $400 million, and shortly after, it was rebranded as "MSN Hotmail". The current version was released in 2011. Microsoft Hotmail
Bing (known previously as Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is a web search engine (advertised as a "decision engine“) from Microsoft . Bing was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28,2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego for release on June. On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search. Bing Available in 40 Languages. Microsoft bing
Skydrive (officially Microsoft Skydrive , previously Windows Live Sky Drive and Windows Live Folders) is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and sync files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser or their local device. The service offers 7 GB of free storage for new users. Additional storage is available for purchase. Users who signed up to Sky Drive prior to April 22, 2012 could opt-in for a limited time offer of 25 GB of free storage upgrade. The service is built using HTML5 technologies. Microsoft SkyDrive
Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Internet Explorer, commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year. Later versions were available as free downloads, or in service packs, and included in the OEM service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows. The latest stable release is IE 10, with a new interface allowing for use as both a desktop application, and as a Windows 8 application. Internet Explorer
Company Profile Founded : Albuquerque , New Mexico , United States (April 4, 1975) Founder(s) : Bill Gates , Paul Allen Headquarters : Microsoft Redmond Campus , Redmond , Washington , U.S. Revenue : 73.72 Billons $ Net Income : 16.97 Billions $ Employees : 94000 Website : WWW.Microsoft.com
Key Persons Bill Gates : Chairman of the Board Steven Ballmer : Chief Executive Officer Peter Klein: Chief Financial Officer Kurt DelBene: President - Microsoft Office Division Satya Nadella : President - Server and Tools Business Brian Turner: Chief Operating Officer
Fun facts about Microsoft The first ever mention of “Microsoft” was in the letter from Bill-Gates to co-founder Paul Allen in 1975. The “ blibbet ” logo shown below refers to stylized “o” and was apparently once was the name of burger served in the Microsoft company cafeteria.