Contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Objectives & Methodology
3.0 Analysis of Microsoft.
3.1 Microsoft’s history & problems
3.2 Critical issues the company faced
3.3 Steps they took
3.4 Impacts
4.0 Conclusion
5.0 References
1.0 Introduction
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational, multibillion dollar company that sells computer software and has 76,000 employees in 102 countries. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Located in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite. These have all achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market, approaching fulfillment of Microsoft's original goal, "A computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software.” Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets; with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV. Originally founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which netted several of its employees millions of dollars due to the ensuing rise of the stock price. Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism, including monopolistic business practices. The U.S. Justice Department, among others, has sued Microsoft for antitrust violations a ...