Microsoft Corporation
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| Type | Public Company (NASDAQ): MSFT) |
| Founded | Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975) |
| Location | Redmond, Washington, USA |
| Key people | Bill Gates, Founder & Chairman Paul Allen, Founder Steve Ballmer, CEO |
| Industry | Computer software, |
| Products | Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, |
| Revenue |  $39.8 billion United States Dollars (USD$) (2005)
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| No. of Employees | 59,947 (As of 2005) |
| Website | www.microsoft.com |
[edit] Overview
Microsoft, a company founded by Bill Gates in 1975, is now the biggest software provider in the world.
[edit] History
First made famous by the original staff's Windows 1.0 (and then the more well known 1.01), Microsoft is now the dominant operating system on the computer market. There have been many versions since then. See Microsoft Windows for a list of Versions, Timelines, and the Overall History of the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. See Microsoft_Codenames for a list of code names that they have used for their software.
