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Microsoft ^en

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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies. Microsoft was established to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. The company's 1986 initial public offering, and subsequent rise in its share price, created an estimated three billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date. As of 2013, Microsoft is market dominant in both the PC operating system and office suite markets. The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and servers, and is active in areas including internet search, the video game industry, the digital services market, and mobile phones. In June 2012, Microsoft announced that it would be entering the PC vendor market for the first time, with the launch of the Microsoft Surface tablet computer. Wikipedia [ - ]

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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies. Microsoft was established to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. The company's 1986 initial public offering, and subsequent rise in its share price, created an estimated three billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date. As of 2013, Microsoft is market dominant in both the PC operating system and office suite markets. The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and servers, and is active in areas including internet search, the video game industry, the digital services market, and mobile phones. In June 2012, Microsoft announced that it would be entering the PC vendor market for the first time, with the launch of the Microsoft Surface tablet computer. Wikipedia

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in...

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Computer hardware

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Video Game Developer

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number	date	Source
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Students/Graduates /education/educational_institution/students_graduates

Student	Start Date	End Date	Degree	Major/Field Of Study	Specialization	Minor
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Karell Ste-Marie	1999	-	Microsoft Certified System Engineer	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Karell Ste-Marie	2007	-	Microsoft Certified Application Developer	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Karell Ste-Marie	1999	-	Microsoft Certified Professional + Site Builder	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Karell Ste-Marie	1999	-	Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Rory Ridley-Duff	-	-	-	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Trond Lyngbø	-	-	Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer	Computer networking	Operating system	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Amir Hadžić	-	-	-	-	IT Specialist	-

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Employees and other personnel /business/employer/employees

Person	Title	From	To
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Window Snyder	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Virginia Howlett	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Vic Gundotra	General Manager	-	2006
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Tom Miller	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Tod Nielsen	Vice President, Platform Group	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Tobin Titus	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Tjeerd Hoek	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Tim Paterson	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Tim Bucher	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Thomas Reardon	-	-	-
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Number of employees /business/employer/number_of_employees

number	date	Source
Edit Delete View CVT 89,809	2008	-

Venture Investments /venture_capital/venture_investor/investments

Company	Investment Round	Date	Currency	Amount
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Groove Networks	-	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Facebook, Inc.	-	-	-	-

Venture Investors /venture_capital/venture_funded_company/venture_investors

Investor	Investment Round	Date	Currency	Amount
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Globespan Capital Partners	-	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT InterWest Partners	-	-	-	-

Total Venture Investment Raised /venture_capital/venture_funded_company/total_venture_investment_raised

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
-

Sponsorship /business/sponsor/sponsorship

Sponsored Recipient	From	To
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT OSCON 2009	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT GPU Technology Conference 2012	-	-

Revenue /business/business_operation/revenue

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	58,437,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	60,420,000,000.00	2008	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	19,747,000,000.00	2000	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	44,282,000,000.00	2007	-

Operating Income /business/business_operation/operating_income

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	20,363,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	22,492,000,000.00	2008	-

Net profit /business/business_operation/net_profit

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	14,569,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	7,785,000,000.00	2000	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	12,599,000,000.00	2007	-

Total annual expenses /business/business_operation/total_annual_expenses

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
-

Cash /business/business_operation/cash

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	6,076,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-

Current Assets /business/business_operation/current_assets

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	49,280,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-

Total Assets /business/business_operation/assets

Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	77,888,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-

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Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	27,034,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-

Total Liabilities /business/business_operation/liabilities

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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT United States dollar	38,330,000,000.00	6/30/2009	-

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Competitive space /business/business_operation/competitive_space

Space	Brand	Portion
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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT eGovernment service	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Set-top box software	-	-

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Currency	Amount	Valid Date	Source
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MICROSOFT CORP Common Stock

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Brand	From date	To date
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Zune	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Xbox 360	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft	-	-

Product lines /business/consumer_company/product_lines

Product line	From date	To date
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Zune	-	-

Products /business/consumer_company/products

Consumer product	From date	To date
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Zune 30	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Zune 80, 120	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Windows	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Office	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Servers	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Visual Studio	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Expression Studio	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Xbox 360	-	-
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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Windows Vista Home Basic	-	-
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Operating Systems Developed /computer/operating_system_developer/operating_systems_developed

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Software /computer/software_developer/software

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Games Published /cvg/cvg_publisher/games_published

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Games Developed /cvg/cvg_developer/games_developed

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Sponsored Domains /internet/top_level_domain_sponsor/domains

mobi

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Website	From	To
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT MSN Shopping	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Bungie.net	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT ninemsn	1997	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Ms. Dewey	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT MSN Games	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT MSN	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Political Streams	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft.com	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Bing.com	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Bing Maps	2005 December	-
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Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT DeVry University	Director	-	-	-

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Street Address	Street Address 2	Street Address 3	Street Address 4	City/Town	State/Province/Region	Postal Code
Edit Delete View CVT One Microsoft Way	-	-	-	Redmond	Washington	98052

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4/4/1975

Founders /organization/organization/founders

Bill Gates
Paul Allen

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Person	Title	Role	From	To
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Bill Gates	Chair	-	1981	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT James Cash, Jr.	-	-	2001	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT David Marquardt	-	-	1981	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Charles Noski	-	-	2003	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Dina Dublon	-	-	2005	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Jon Shirley	-	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Richard A. Hackborn	-	-	1994	2000
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Maria Klawe	-	-	3/9/2009	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Steve Ballmer	-	-	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Dina Dublon	Director	-	-	-
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Child organization	Date
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Expedia, Inc.	1999

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Child	From	To
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Ireland Research	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Capital Group LP	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Online Inc	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Operations Puerto Rico, LLC	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Online LP	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT MOL Corporation	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT aQuantive	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Microsoft Capital Group LLC	-	-
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Legal structure /organization/organization/legal_structure

Corporation

Place founded /organization/organization/place_founded

Albuquerque

Slogan /organization/organization/slogan

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Your potential. Our passion.

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Organization acquired	Date	Divisions formed
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Visio Corporation	2000 January	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT LinkExchange	1998	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Parlano	10/8/2007	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Jellyfish	2007 October	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Powerset	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Navision	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT PlaceWare	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Great Plains Software	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Rare Ltd	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Groove Networks	2005 April	-
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Leadership /organization/organization/leadership

Person	Role	Title	From	To
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Robert J. Bach	-	President, Entertainment Div.	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Christopher P Liddell	-	Chief Financial Officer	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Frank H Brod	-	Chief Accounting Officer	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Craig J Mundie	-	Chief ResearchStrategy Officer	-	-
Edit Delete Edit localized... View CVT Steve Ballmer	Chief Executive Officer	-	1/13/2000	-

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Phone number /organization/organization/phone_number

Country Code	Number	Category	Service location	Note
Edit Delete View CVT -	0844 800 24 00	Customer service	United States of America	-

Members /organization/organization_partnership/members

10gen

Works written /book/author/works_written

Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary: The First Dictionary For The Internet Age

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Quotations About This Subject /media_common/quotation_subject/quotations_about_this_subject

Microsoft looks at new ideas, they don't evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, 'how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?'

Inventions /law/inventor/inventions

Microsoft Windows
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Parties	Case	Role
Edit Delete View CVT -	Microsoft v. Lindows	Plaintiff

Award Nominations /award/award_nominee/award_nominations

Year	Award	Award Nominee	Nominated work	Notes/Description
Edit Delete View CVT 1997	Satellite Award for Best Interactive Product CD-ROM Entertainment	-	Cinemania 97	-
Edit Delete View CVT 1997	Satellite Award for Best Interactive Product CD-ROM Entertainment	-	Encarta 97 - Encyclopedia Deluxe	-

Awards Won /award/award_winner/awards_won

Year	Award category	Award winner	Winning work	Ceremony	Notes/Description
Edit Delete View CVT 1997	Satellite Award for Best Interactive Product CD-ROM Entertainment	-	Cinemania 97	1st Golden Satellite Awards	-

Awards Won /award/award_winning_work/awards_won

Year	Award category	Award winner	Winning work	Ceremony	Notes/Description
Edit Delete View CVT 1997	Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Entertainment New Media	Bill Gates	-	1st Golden Satellite Awards	-

Appears in ranked lists /award/ranked_item/appears_in_ranked_lists

Item	List	Rank	Year	Note
Edit Delete View CVT -	Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For	38	2009	-
Edit Delete View CVT -	Fortune 1000	35	2009	-
Edit Delete View CVT -	Fortune 1000	44	2008	-
Edit Delete View CVT -	Fortune 1000	48	2006	-
Edit Delete View CVT -	Fortune 500	84	2000	-
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