Microsoft is such a big company at this point, most people must know about it. They develop, manufacture, and license electronics and software among other things.
Yeah, they were very important in the development of the personal computer.
They were a huge factor in that. They are located in Redmond, Washington.
Bill Gates started the company out of his garage. Steve Jobs also worked there.
Steve Jobs never worked for Microsoft? He started Apple! Also, Microsoft supports and sells PCs and other services.
You are right, I forgot he was working for Apple. Microsoft has a lot of government contracts as well.
Do they? I didn't know that! I also never knew where the name came from but it is a portmanteau of "microcomputer" and "software".
Yeah, all federal government agencies use Microsoft software on their computers.
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge Web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker
pirated, and commercial software producers were very unhappy at this. Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft, was an early moraliser against software piracy with his famous Open Letter to Hobbyists in 1976.
1980s–present.
Before the microcomputer, a successful software program typically sold up to 1,000 units at $50,000–60,000 each. By the mid-1980s, personal computer software sold thousands of copies for $50–700 each. Companies like Microsoft, MicroPro, and Lotus Development had tens of millions of dollars in annual sales. They similarly dominated the