Microsoft information and comparisons with other companies
| User Rating: | |
| Website: | www.microsoft.com |
| Founded: | April 4, 1975 |
| Founders: | Bill Gates and Paul Allen |
| Maps: | Yes |
| Industry: | Computer software, Publishing, Research and development, Computer hardware, Video games |
| Book search: | No |
| Products: | Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Microsoft Servers Developer Tools Business Solutions Xbox, Games, Windows Essentials, Zune, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Microsoft Paint, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone, Skype, Skydrive, MSE |
| Stock Ticker: | MSFT |
| CEO: | Satya Nadella |
| Headquarters: | Redmond, Washington, USA |
| Instant messaging: | Yes: Skype, Windows Live Messenger (only in China) |
| Subsidiaries: | Microsoft Store, Winternals, Microsoft Mobile, Revolution Analytics, Skype Technologies, Microsoft Research, Microsoft Studios, Avanade, Rare, Razorfish, Microsoft India, MileIQ, Microsoft Research Asia, Turn 10 Studios, Parature (too many to list) |
| Employees: | 128, 076 (June 2014) |
| Introduction (from Wikipedia): | Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. |
| Key people: | Satya Nadella, CEO, Steve Ballmer, Former CEO, William Henry "Bill" Gates, Former CEO, Chairman, and Co-founder Paul Allen, Co-founder Tony Bates, Skype Lisa Brummel, Chief People Officer Qi Lu, Online Services |
| Browser: | Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge |
| E-Mail Service: | Yes: Outlook.com (Web-based service, replaced Hotmail), Microsoft Office Outlook (Desktop Email Client) |
| Area served: | Worldwide |
| Mobile Phone: | Many devices running on the Windows Phone Operating System |
| Type: | Public (NASDAQ: MSFT) |
| Operating income: | $21.76 billion (2012) |
| Revenue: | $73.72 billion (2012) |
| Net income: | $16.97 billion (2012) |
| Tablet: | Surface RT, Surface Pro |
| Hybrid tablet-PC: | Yes: Surface (RT, Pro) |
| Software Store: | Yes |
| Number of locations: | 63 retail stores, most in the US only (as of Dec 2013) |
| Mail: | Yes |
| Search: | Yes |
| Slogan: | Empowering us all |
| Job site: | No |
| Purchase or Free: | Paid |
| Registration: | Optional |
| Social Network: | No |
| Download: | No |
| Image search: | Yes |
| Company type: | Public |
| User generated video: | No |
| Developer Tools: | Yes: Visual Studio (includes: Basic, C, C++, C#, F#, SQL) |
| Web Search: | Bing |