Microsoft
Microsoft, inc.is a multinational company that develops a wide range of software products. The most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. The company was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980's, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Windows is still the flagship product of the company, the current desktop version is Windows 7, released in 2009. The company now has three business divisions: the Microsoft Platform Products and Services Division, the Microsoft Business Division and the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft has been the largest software company in the world for at least 8 years in a row.
| Company information | |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington, United States |
| Primary business sectors | Infrastructure Software |
| Secondary business sectors | Operating Systems, Office Productivity, Databases, Development Tools |
| Type | Public (NASDAQ: MSFT) |
| Employees | 79000 |
| Website | http://www.microsoft.com/ |
| Wikipedia |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft |
| Software Top 100 position (2010) |
1 |
| Previous Software Top 100 position | 1 |
| Financial information |
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| Total revenues 2010 (mln US$) | 61,159 |
| Total revenues 2009 (mln US$) | 61,900 |
| Software revenues 2010 (mln US$) | 49,090 |
| Software revenues 2009 (mln US$) | 49,453 |
| Software revenues 2008 (mln US$) | 44,728 |
| Software revenue growth (%yoy) | -0.7% |
| Software/Total % 2009 | 80.3% |
| General information | http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp |
| Microsoft investor relations url |
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/sec.mspx |
| Financial year end | June 30th |
| Financial year correction | 1/2 FY 2008 + Q1/Q2 FY 2009 |
| Software revenue calculation |
Client + 85% of Server & Tools + OSB + MBD + 1/3 Entertainment and Devices Devision |
| Other research remarks | Software revenue calculation is adjusted according to Microsoft's segment recognition |