2. INTRODUCTIONMicrosoft Corporation is an American
multinational software corporationheadquartered in Redmond,
Washington that develops, manufactures,licenses, and supports a
wide range of products and services related tocomputing.The company
was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975.Microsoft
is the worlds largest software maker measured by revenues. It
isalso one of the worlds most valuable company. 3. vIn 1980,
Microsoft formed a partnership withIBM that allowed them to bundle
Microsoft'sOperating system with IBM computers, payingMicrosoft a
royalty for every sale.vIn 1985, IBM requested that Microsoft write
a new operatingsystem for their computers called OS/2.vWhen
Microsoft launched several versions of Microsoft Windowsin the
1990s, they had captured over 90% market share of theworld's
personal computers.vThe company has now become largely
successful.ABOUT 4. HOW IT ALL STARTED??????Dream of having a PC on
everydesktop 5. WORLDWIDESTRENGTH 6. S MMiiccrroossoofftt
sseeggmmeennttssE Advanced TechnologyG Applications and Services
Engineering Group Cloud and Enterprise Engineering GroupM Devices
Group DynamicsE Operating Systems Engineering Group Technology and
ResearchN Business Development and Evangelism Group Finance GroupT
HR Group Legal and Corporate Affairs GroupS Marketing Group 7.
Vision:-A computer onevery desk, and inevery home.Mission:-To help
people andbusinesses throughoutworld realize their
fullpotential.MISSION&VISION 8.
PRODUCTS@ComputersSurfaceAll-in-ones +desktopsLaptops +
UltrabooksAccessoriesTablets + convertiblesPC gamesOfficeOffice for
WindowsOffice for MacOffice UniversityAll Office appsWindowsWindows
8Windows 8 ProWindows PhoneWindows Phone for AT&TWindows Phone
for VerizonWindows Phone for T-MobileXboxXbox OneXbox 360Xbox
LIVEAccessoriesComputer accessoriesXbox 360 accessoriesWindows
Phone accessoriesPC gamingAudio accessoriesAdditional
softwareVisual StudioVisioProjectMappingPC games 9. COMPETITORs
forCOMPETITORS 10. The first ever mention of Microsoft was in the
letter from Bill-Gates toco-founder Paul Allen in 1975. The blibbet
logo shown below refers to stylized o and was apparentlyonce was
the name of burger served in the Microsoft companycafeteria. The
Microsoft sound: Pioneering musician Brian Eno was the
musicalbrains behind windows 95s start tune dubbed The Microsoft
sound . Microsoft has spilt its stock nine times since it went
public back in 1986and the company will generally split its stock
when its share prize goestoo high. Microsoft is one of the largest
corporate collectors of artworks over 5,000contemporary pieces
including paintings, sculpture, works on paper,photographs,
ceramics, studio glass and multimedia works.FUNFACTS
