Background The beginning of Microsoft Inc. started with Bill Gates and Paul Allen writing computer program code for local businesses and municipalities. In 1975 they were inspired by an issue of Popular Electronics that showed the new Altair microcomputer kit‚ manufactured by MITS Computer. Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote a version of BASIC‚ a computer programming language‚ for the machine. Later that year Bill Gates left Harvard University to work full time developing programming languages for
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1.0 Case Study : Microsoft in India 1. Why does Microsoft’s traditional strategy of one size fits all not work well in emerging markets such as India? There are four main marketing strategies. It can be categorized as Globalization strategy‚ transnational strategy‚ internationalization strategy and localization strategy. As shown in diagram 1.0. Emphasis on local responsiveness high low low
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History of Microsoft My research paper is going to be on whether or not Microsoft should be broken up by the Justice Department. In order to understand what is going on in the trial‚ you need to know the history of Microsoft. Without knowing the history of Microsoft‚ there would be no way of forming an accurate opinion of whether Microsoft should be broken up or not. Microsoft first came into existence in 1975 and was founded by William H. Gates III(Bill Gates) and Paul Allen. The first
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Abstract: MS Office is an application made up of some collection of software applications which help user to perform various tasks with little effort in offices now a days. With MS office in our pc we can do many things like creating text documents‚ spreadsheets‚ flow charts ‚presentations ‚pie charts‚ notes‚ business cards‚ greeting cards‚ calendars ‚ brochures‚ flyers‚ postcards ‚website templates and many more things. MS office has become a must have requirement for offices‚ I wonder what
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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. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies. Microsoft was established to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair
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Microsoft Monopoly Corporation Samantha F. Grinvalds DeVry University The Microsoft Corporation has lead people believe that they were attempting to gain monopoly power in the computer operating systems market. A monopoly market structure consists of having one firm that has control of the resources and market by selling a unique good that has no available substitutes‚ in which; make it very difficult for others to enter into this market. In America‚ we enjoy a free market rather than
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Microsoft Office 365 for professionals and small businesses (Plan P1) Customer Purchase and Support Guide Published: June 2011 Microsoft Office 365 for professionals and small businesses (Plan P1) Customer Purchase and Support Guide Published: June 2011 This guide will help you learn more about Office 365 for professionals and small businesses and how it can benefit your organization. The guide focuses primarily on the Office 365 commerce experience and will help you to
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The Microsoft office platform includes 3 features: Word‚ Excel and PowerPoint. Each program has it own individual characteristics that can be useful to any type of working environment. Microsoft Word is a full-featured word processing program that all you to create many types of personal and business documents‚ including flyers‚ letters‚ memos‚ resumes‚ reports‚ fax cover sheets‚ mailing labels‚ etc. With Word you can easily attach files. It helps you create a “good heading structure.” It ensures
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Available Organization : Microsoft Corporation Industry : Information Technology Countries : USA Abstract: The case examines the charges of gender/racial discrimination and sexual harassment against leading IT company Microsoft. It explores in detail the treatment meted out to female employees in the company’s initial years and the measures Microsoft took to improve the work culture of the organization. The case also discusses the lawsuits against Microsoft that allege racial discrimination
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* Microsoft Windows * Microsoft Windows is the most commonly used operating system in personal computers and is installed‚ distributed‚ and sold by most successful businesses in the United States. A discussion of what makes Windows the best choice for an operating system for a personal computer is included here. This discussion will examine the points why Windows is a popular operating system and compare it to other operating systems. With discussion points of memory management‚ process management
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