Difference between revisions of "Microsoft"

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Microsoft is an American corporation founded 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, hardware and other technology oriented products and services.

Microsoft was investigated for antitrust violations by the Department of Justice, and in 2001 the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the finding of the trial court that monopolization by Microsoft had violated the Sherman Act.^[1] The appellate court, however, overturned the lower court ruling to break Microsoft up and instead remanded the case to a new trial judge with instructions suggesting a less drastic remedy. By then, President George W. Bush had replaced Bill Clinton and the Bush Administration dropped the demand of the Clinton Administration for a break-up of Microsoft.

Software Products

Windows (operating system), including Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and older versions of the desktop OS, versions for servers, versions for media centers, and versions for mobile devices

MS DOS Microsoft's first operating system

SQL Server

Dynamics

Internet Explorer HTML viewer

Microsoft Office word processor, spreadsheet editor, slide-show creator, etc.

Expression vector graphics editor

Windows Media Player

Virtual PC PC emulator

Windows Defender anti-virus and anti-spyware software

Windows Live Writer blog publishing software

XNA game development tool

Visual Studio integrated development environment for C++, Visual Basic, C#, etc.