Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEx: 4338) is a multinational company, the computer technology develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. , with headquarters in Redmond, Washington, United States of its best selling Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office suite of productivity software.

Originally, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft grew to dominate the home computer operating system MS-DOS-based market in the mid-1980s, followed by the string Windows operating systems. The products are also almost everywhere in the desktop PC market. One commentator noted that Microsoft is the first mission computer on every desk and in every house, the software Microsoft "target close to the execution. Microsoft has footholds in other markets in which an asset, such as MSNBC cable-TV network, the Internet portal MSN, and Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products, such as a mouse, Microsoft, and home entertainment products like the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV. The company has an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the stock market, which because of the rise in stock prices, four millionaires and billionaires estimated 12,000 employees of Microsoft.

Throughout its history, the company has the target of criticism, including monopolistic business practices and anti-competitive business practices, including the rejection of the "Deal" and "commitment. The Ministry of Justice and the European Commission, among other things, the rules against Microsoft for various violations of the antitrust .

Known for what is usually referred to as a developer-oriented corporate culture, Microsoft has traditionally been in the customer support for Usenet news and World Wide Web, and awards Microsoft MVP status of volunteers who come in handy when customers.