IBM and their choice fell back on Bill Gates that bought an operating system based on CP/M and made it compatible with IBM’s machines‚ creating Microsoft DOS. Every IBM’s PC used this program‚ so MS DOS had a huge installed base‚ and the other companies who wanted to stay in the market could only develop a compatible software‚ also a lot of applications and complementary goods were developed for this platform and it generated a “virtuous circle” that made Microsoft the world’s fastest-growing software
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NOKIA AND MICROSOFT News from Microsoft -1.28% in the last few days – 4Q14 earnings‚ an announcement of 18‚000 layoffs‚ and the release of a memo from Microsoft’s EVP of devices Stephen Elop about rightsizing – has brought about a clearer picture of Microsoft’s plans for Nokia Nokia’s phones‚ which it acquired in April for $7 billion. Nokia was one of many cellphone manufacturers that struggled as Apple -1.13%’s iOS and Google GOOGL -1.92%’s Android gained dominance of the smartphone market and displaced
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Gates of Fire By: Steven Pressfield Subject Person- Spartan Warriors Place- Greece 480 B.C. Event- Battle of Thermoplae. Concept- Xeones recounts his life leading up to the battle. Object- Greek city-states consisting of 300 Spartan Warriors‚ 400 Thebans‚ 700 Thespian Volunteers And around 900 Helots Fought The Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae. Reason For Choosing Book Prior to reading this novel I had some knowledge of the Battle of Thermopylae. I watched the movie 300last year
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Microsoft Dynamics ERP systems for managing companies have been‚ and are‚ a key factor in business development. Its continuous evolution‚ have passed being a mere tool‚ to be a competitive and strategic element‚ even to generate new business models based on their development. These systems have been forced to evolve dramatically in recent times to accommodate different‚ rapid and significant advances both technological‚ and in terms of policies and philosophies of management in the company. Currently
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Steven Pressfield’s The Gates of Fire is set in the fifth century B.C. in Greece. The story revolves around the famous battle of Thermopylae where three hundred Spartans held off hundreds of thousands of Persians‚ saving Greece. Pressfield creates a fictional story around the battle where one man‚ a squire named Xeones‚ survives to tell the Spartan story of the battle and the events preceding it. Xeones‚ who is the protagonist‚ tells his life story to the royal Persian historian while in captivity
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Microsoft Mohammad Mubashir Microsoft (NASDAQ) is the worldwide leader in software‚ services and solutions that help people in attaining their goal. They work in over 100 coutries and employ over 94000 people and provides opportunities for young people and support over 65000 charties. They support the use of affordable technology for everyone around the globe. Through the Employees Giving campaign they have donated 1 billion dollars to charity since 1983
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Motivation at Microsoft Introduction: As shown by their 4th position in the league of the best 50 places to work in the U.K*published in May 2010‚ Microsoft U.K limited is not only the main market leader in the computer software sector by successfully satisfying consumer’s needs with improved programmes or other products‚ they are also leaders in making their own people enjoy working for them. Economically speaking‚ a business has four main resources: Land‚ capital‚ entrepreneurship and labour
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2-Input NAND Gate • ESD > 3500 Volts VCC 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 http://onsemi.com LOW POWER SCHOTTKY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GND GUARANTEED OPERATING RANGES Symbol VCC Parameter Supply Voltage Min Typ Max Unit 4.75 5.0 5.25 V 0 25 70 °C TA Operating Ambient Temperature Range IOH Output Current – High – 0.4 Output Current – Low 8.0 1 mA IOL 14 mA PLASTIC N SUFFIX CASE 646 14
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Brandenburg Gate Speech “Mr. Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall‚” stated Ronald Reagan in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. June 12‚ 1987 was the day a speech was given that was the start of unity for all of Berlin. Within two short years of this speech being presented‚ the wall that divided freedom and totalitarianism was tore down for good. President Reagan’s purpose was clear to all. His duty was to visit Germany as all of the past presidents had done‚ and promote the means of freedom
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Section 1 Presents some good guidelines for preparing cases in general. This information will help you prepare your group case to present to the class as well. Section 2 Describes specific questions that must be addressed in the course of your group presentation. Section 1 GUIDE TO CASE ANALYSIS Preparing a Case for Class Discussion If this is your first experience with the case method‚ you may have to reorient your study habits. Unlike lecture courses where you can get by without preparing intensively
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