The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products (the Xbox, Zune and MSN TV). Its products have all achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. The company was founded by Bill Gates in 1975.
Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Software piracy and copyright infringementīRANDS AND NAMES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORLD Texts: Basic Computer System Organization (part 1)īasic Computer System Organization (part 2)
