Microsoft

n. internationally acclaimed and the world's largest software company started in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen with headquarters in the state of Washington (USA), manufacturer of computer technology for personal and business computing offering a vast range of software (incl. popular DOS "Windows", Desktop Publisher "Microsoft Office", etc.)

Microsoft Corporation , 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. It develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. These products have prominent positions in the desktop computer market, with market share estimates as high as 90% or more as of 2003 for Microsoft Office and 2006 for Microsoft Windows, in line with Bill Gates' vision "to get a workstation running our software onto every desk and eventually in every home".
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n. Microsoft, company which manufactures the computer operating systems "Windows" and "DOS"

n. Microsoft, internationally acclaimed software company started in 1975 by Bill Gates with headquarters in Washington (USA), manufacturer of computer technology for personal and business computing offering a vast range of software

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