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      Key Topics: Applications, Business Models, IP Telephony, Marketing, Mobility, Unified communications

  5. About Microsoft

    Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) (4338), or often just MS, is an American multinational computer technology corporation with 79,000 employees in 102 countries and global annual revenue of US $51.12 billion as of 2007.

    Founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which, due to the ensuing rise of the stock price, has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism for various reasons, including monopolistic business practices—both the U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission, among others, brought Microsoft to court for antitrust violations and software bundling.

    Microsoft has footholds in other markets besides operating systems and office suites, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse and home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV.

  7. Quotes about Microsoft

    1. “ We're excited about working with Google on a variety of Android devices, and we're looking forward to working with Microsoft as well. ”
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    2. “ Microsoft's Kinect product will keep the Xbox a leading platform and the device will continue to be used for various interface hacks ”
      In A look back at mobile predictions for 2011
    3. “ Microsoft Lync 2010 - New Product? Or New OCS Name? ”
      In Goodbye Microsoft OCS Hello Microsoft Lync!

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