'''Microsoft''' is an American corporation funded by [[Bill Gates]] and [[Paul Allen]] in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. Its current CEO is [[Steve Ballmer]]. Microsoft focuses on developing and manufacturing [[software]], [[hardwares]] and other technology oriented products and services.
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'''Microsoft''' is an American corporation funded by [[Bill Gates]] and [[Paul Allen]] in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. Its current CEO is [[Steve Ballmer]]. Microsoft focuses on developing and manufacturing [[software]], [[hardwares]] and other technology oriented products and services. In 2000 a [[liberal]] [[activist]] [[judge]] decided that Microsoft had grown into a [[monopoly]] and ordered that the company be split into two units. The threat of the breakup of the world's largest software company led directly to the fall of the [[NASDAQ]] and ended the [[dot-com boom]]. The [[recession]] triggered by Clinton's Department of Justice was later exacerbated by the [[9/11]] attacks. In 2001, a federal appeals court overturned the lower court's ruling.