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*MS-DOS*
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*MICROSOFT OFFICE*
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/ˈmaɪkrəˌsɒft, -roʊ-, -ˌsɔːft/
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(commonly referred to as microsoft or MS)
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(the word “microsoft” is a ‘portmanteau’ of “microcomputer” and “software”)
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*MICROSOFT JOURNALS*
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*”microsoft corporation” is an ‘american multinational technology company’ headquartered in (‘redmond’ / ‘washington’), that ‘develops’, ‘manufactures’, ‘licenses’, ‘supports’, and ‘sells’…*
‘computer software’
‘consumer electronics’
‘personal computers’
(and related services)
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(its best-known software products are…)
‘microsoft windows’ line of ‘operating systems’
‘microsoft office office suite’
‘internet explorer’ + ‘edge’ web browsers
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(its ‘flagship hardware products’ are the ‘xbox’ video game consoles and the ‘microsoft surface’ tablet lineup)
(as of ‘2011’, it was the world’s largest software maker by ‘revenue’, and one of the world’s most ‘valuable’ companies)
(‘microsoft’ was founded by ‘paul allen’ and ‘bill gates’ on ‘4 april 1975’ to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the “altair 8800”)
(“sometime before ‘my time’ i’m ‘fraid!”)
(it rose to dominate the ‘personal computer operating system market’ with ‘MS-DOS’ in the ‘mid-1980s’, followed by ‘microsoft windows’)
(the company’s 1986 ‘initial public offering’ (‘IPO’), and subsequent rise in its ‘share price’, created ‘3 billionaires’ and an ‘estimated 12,000 millionaires among ‘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 up to,
June 2016 announced plan to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion.
As of 2015, Microsoft is market-dominant in the IBM PC-compatible operating system market and the office software suite market, although it has lost the majority of the overall operating system market to Android
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The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and servers, and is active in areas including…
Internet search
(with Bing)
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the video game industry
(with the Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles)
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the digital services market
(through MSN),
and mobile phones
(via the operating systems of Nokia’s former phones and Windows Phone OS)
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In June 2012, Microsoft entered the personal computer production market for the first time, with the launch of the Microsoft Surface, a line of tablet computers
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(with the acquisition of nokia’s devices / services division to form ‘Microsoft Mobile Oy’, the company re-entered the ‘smartphone hardware market’, after its previous attempt, ‘microsoft kin’, which resulted from their acquisition of ‘danger inc’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*-COMPUTER COMPANIES-* ☞ 👉👉👉
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥