Running head: Apple vs Microsoft 1 The Competitive Strategies of Apple vs Microsoft Dr. Gina Zaffino Bus 508‚ Contemporary Business 11/03/2012 Running head: Apple vs Microsoft 2 Determine how each corporate culture differs from the other? Apple corporate culture at times can be seen as a “brutal and unforgiving” place to work. Accountability is strictly enforced‚ decisions are swift‚ and communication is articulated clearly from the top. Failure is not an option
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Selling Counterfeit Microsoft Software worth More Than $1.2 Million Web Site used: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/November/12-crm-1335.html Summary: On Oct. 24‚ 2012 Bruce Alan Edward was indicted by the federal grand jury in Bay City‚ Michigan for mail fraud and selling counterfeit Microsoft software with a retail value of more than $1.2 million. This case revealed that Edward distributed counterfeit copies of Microsoft Office 2003 Professional and Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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References: Brinkley‚ J. (2000‚ April). U.S. vs. Microsoft: The Overview; U.S. Judge Says Microsoft Violated Antitrust Laws With Predatory Behavior. The New York Times‚ Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/04/business/us-vs-microsoft-overview-us-judge-says-microsoft-violated-antitrust-laws-with.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Bureau of Labor and Statistics (2013). Labor Force Statistics from the Current
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Bill Gates is one of the most famous and popular thinkers in the world‚ by his creation of Microsoft. Bill gates is also number two richest man in the world‚ number one in the United States‚ and number four most powerful man in the world (Forbes‚ 2013). Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975 and by the 1980s he became the leading computer software manufacturer (Oxford‚ 2012). Microsoft is a software program used by almost every computer in the world.
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Microsoft access Microsoft access is a database management system (DBMS) that combines a jet database engine with a graphical user interface. It is owned by the famous Microsoft company and has effectively evoluted since its release in 1992 with the Microsoft access version 1.0. Version 1.1 was introduced in 1993 but it was buggy. As a result‚ Microsoft updated its operating system and released the Microsoft access version 2.0. The latter was very efficient and used by many developers and designers
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To our shareholders‚ customers‚ partners‚ and employees: Fiscal 2006 was a year of significant achievement and transformation for Microsoft. During 2006‚ we celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of our founding‚ reached new records for revenue and operating income‚ and laid the foundation for future growth through key changes in our organizational structure and leadership. Fueled by strong demand for new and existing products‚ our revenue in 2006 grew by $4.49 billion‚ an 11 percent increase
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December 2008 SDL SERIES‚ ARTICLE #4 SDL Series - Article #4: Threat Modeling at Microsoft In this fourth article in the series‚ we examine how Microsoft uses a technique known as “threat modeling” to detect design issues that could result in product vulnerabilities. Threat modeling is one component of the Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). Content The Microsoft SDL What is Threat Modeling? A Security Frame of Mind The Threat Modeling Process Mitigating Threats Threat Modeling
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philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft‚ the world’s largest personal-computer software company‚ which he co-founded with Paul Allen .He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009‚ excluding 2008‚ when he was ranked third in 2011 he was the wealthiest American and the second wealthiest person. During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect‚ and remains
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interesting example of strategic behavior comes from a 1997 article about Microsoft’s investment in Apple (New Straits Times‚ 1997). The article is included in the Required Readings list. Facing tough anti-trust scrutiny from government agencies‚ Microsoft provided financial support to Apple in order to ensure Apple’s survival and‚ therefore‚ to ensure that competitiveness in the industry remains. Moreover‚ the partnership with Apple provided an additional market for Microsoft’s products – the MS Office
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IBM partnership IBM approached Microsoft in July 1980 regarding its upcoming personal computer‚ the IBM PC.[39] The computer company first proposed that Microsoft write the BASIC interpreter. When IBM’s representatives mentioned that they needed an operating system‚ Gates referred them to Digital Research (DRI)‚ makers of the widely used CP/M operating system.[40] IBM’s discussions with Digital Research went poorly‚ and they did not reach a licensing agreement. IBM representative Jack Sams mentioned
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