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    Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The world's largest software company, founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Its Windows operating system is the de facto standard on the desktop and a major contender in the server arena. Microsoft Office is the most successful application suite in history. Microsoft also has a thriving business in programming languages, which are its roots, as well as in numerous other software categories.

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    Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The world's largest software company, founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Its Windows operating system is the de facto standard on the desktop and a major contender in the server arena. Microsoft Office is the most successful application suite in history. Microsoft also has a thriving business in programming languages, which are its roots, as well as in numerous other software categories.

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    Simpson
    ENC1101
    May11,2003

    Microsoft
    (MicrosoftCorporation,Redmond,WA,www.microsoft.com)Theworld'slargest
    softwarecompany,foundedin1975byBillGatesandPaulAllen.ItsWindowsoperatingsystem
    isthedefactostandardonthedesktopandamajorcontenderintheserverarena.MicrosoftOffice
    isthemostsuccessfulapplicationsuiteinhistory.Microsoftalsohasathrivingbusinessin
    programminglanguages,whichareitsroots,aswellasinnumerousothersoftwarecategories.

    GatesandAllenweretwocollegestudentswhentheywrotethefirstBASICinterpreter
    fortheIntel8080microprocessor.MBASICwaslicensedtoMicroInstrumentationand
    TelemetrySystemstoaccompanyitsAltair8800kit.Bytheendof1976,morethan10,000
    Altairsweresold,andversionswerelicensedtoRadioShack,Appleandothers.Later.Although
    thecompanybecamealeaderinmicrocomputerprogramminglanguages,itsoutstandingsuccess
    wascausedbyfittingIBMPCswithDOSin1981andnonIBMPCswithMSDOS.In1990,its
    thirdattemptatcreatingWindowswasenormouslypopular,andWindows3.0,andlaterWindows
    95,cementedMicrosoft'sleadership.

    SincetheexplosionoftheWeb,Microsofthasworkedfeverishlytogainafoothold.By
    givingawayitsInternetExplorerbrowserandthenfullyintegratingitintoWindows98,Internet
    ExplorerisnowtheleadingonramptotheInternet.ItsMicrosoftNetwork(MSN)ISPdivisionis
    alsoagrowingpartofthecompany.

    Microsoft'spositionasthesupplierofthemajoroperatingsystemsandapplicationstothe
    world'slargestcomputerbasehasgivenitconsiderableadvantage.Withamarketcapthatearlier
    exceededhalfatrilliondollars,ithasmadethousandsofpeoplewealthyandenabledtheindustry
    togrowimmensebecauseofWindows.However,thecompanyuseditsdominanceinthe
    operatingsystemarenatoinducePCmakers,whichcouldnotsurvivewithoutWindows,into
    favoringotherMicrosoftproducts,mostnotablyitsOfficeapplicationsandWebbrowsers.In
    1998,theU.S.Governmentand19statessuedMicrosoftforantitrustviolations.InJune2000,the
    courtorderedMicrosoftbebrokenintotwocompanies.Ayearlater,theappealscourtstoppedthe
    breakupandsentthecasebacktothelowercourt.Thefinaloutcomeisstillpending.
    Nevertheless,whetheroneMicrosoftortwo,thecompanywillremainamajorforceforyearsto
    come.SeeMicrosoftandIBM,Windows,DOS,MicrosoftOffice,MicrosoftInternetExplorer,
    MicrosoftIEandAltair.Seealsohottopicsandtrends.

    WilliamH.Gates,III
    BillGateshasbecomethemostwidelyknownbusinessentrepreneurintheworld,
    regardlessofindustry.(ImagecourtesyofMicrosoftCorporation.)

    TheMicrosoftCampus
    ThisisthemainbuildingofthesprawlingMicrosoftcampus.(Imagecourtesyof
    MicrosoftCorporation.)

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