Microsoft is the leading supplier of software and services for the PC and Web markets.
Microsoft products include operating systems for personal computers, server applications for client/server environments, business and consumer productivity applications, and interactive media programs, and Internet platform and development tools. Microsoft also offers online services, sells personal computer books and input devices, and researches and develops advanced technology software products. Microsoft products, available in more than 30 languages and sold in more than 50 countries, are available for most PCs, including Intel microprocessor-based computers and Apple computers.
Microsoft’s early vision of a computer on every desk and in every home is coupled today with a strong commitment to Internet-related technologies that expand the power and reach of the PC and its users.
Microsoft was founded as a partnership on April 4, 1975, by William Gates III and Paul Allen, and incorporated on June 25, 1981.
The company is headquartered in Redmond [Washington] with offices throughout the world.
Its shares are traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol: MSFT.
[In February 2001, GE, Microsoft and SMART LLC agreed to set up a new company called Smart to focus on connected home products targeted at new home builders and new home buyers.]
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