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The Microsoft Corporation (, ) is a multinational computer technology corporation with 2005 global annual sales of States dollar|US$" target="_blank" >*39.79 billion and 63,564 employees in 102 countries and regions. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most popular products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, each of which has achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360 and MSN TV.
Microsoft's name, originally bi-capitalized as MicroSoft or with hyphenation as Micro-Soft, is a blend of "microcomputer software" and is often abbreviated informally as MS. The company was founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 4 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. After the market saw a flood of IBM PC clones in the mid-1980s, Microsoft used its new position, which it gained in part due to a contract from IBM, to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS. The company later released an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market, which netted several of its employees millions of dollars due to the ensuing rise of the stock price. The price of the stock continued its rise steadily into the early 2000s. In Microsoft Windows, originally an add-on for MS-DOS, the company was selling what would become the most widely used operating system in the world; Microsoft continued to push into multiple markets, such as computer hardware and television. In addition, Microsoft has historically given customer support over Usenet newsgroups and the World Wide Web, and awards Microsoft MVP status to volunteers who are deemed helpful in assisting the company's customers.Multiple:
With what is generally described as a developer-centric business culture, Microsoft has become widely known for some of its internal codes of conduct for its employees.Multiple:
One example is the "eat your own dog food" mantra, which describes the practice of using pre-release products inside the company to test them in an environment geared towards the real world. Microsoft has been convicted of monopolistic business practices—the U.S. Justice Department, among others, has sued Microsoft for antitrust violations and software bundling. homepage at the United States Department of Justice The slogan "embrace, extend, and extinguish" is often used to describe Microsoft's strategy for entering product categories involving widely-used standards, extending those standards with proprietary capabilities, and then using those differences to disadvantage its competitors. In addition, Microsoft has been criticized for the insecurity of its software. However, Microsoft has won several awards, such as the "1993 Most Innovative Company Operating in the U.S." by Fortune magazine, as well as maintaining a place on the Fortune 500 list of companies as of 2006.
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200 Tonnes of $100 Dollar Bills - A copy of an old news article showing various ways of thinking about how much cash the World's richest man has.
Annoyances.org Humor - Collection of User-Submitted Computer Humor.
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BBspot - Microsoft Nearing Completion of Death Star - Microsoft announced that it will complete construction of its newest Death Star by mid October, in a press conference given Wednesday.
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Bill Gates and the nefarious crew at Microsoft - Humorous stories and fictional press releases.
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Bill Gates is Satan - Conspiracy Theory showing how Bill Gates is Satan.
Bill Gates Pie Toss Screensaver - Throw a pie or two at your favourite billionaire.
Bill Gates Wall of Shame - A site with a few jokes and pictures.
Bill Gates Wealth Clock - Site uses stock market feeds to calculate current state of Bill Gate's assets.
Bill Gates: The Krakt Korteks Interview - Satirical interview with Bill Gates.
Brian's Microsoft Humor - Includes images, sounds, articles, links and movies.
Dancing Steve Balmer - Variations on the infamous dancing Microsoft CEO video.
Funny Microsoft Q Articles - Unintentionally funny Knowledge Base articles from Microsoft.
Gerald Holmes'es Why Micorsoft Rules My Univrese - Asserts that Microsoft products are the best, with an emphasis on creative spelling.
Greg Hankins Microsoft Humor - Greg's Collection of Microsoft Jokes
Humorix - Collection of fake anti-Microsoft and pro-Linux news articles.
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Jeem's CinePad: The Borg - The Microsoft lexicon, job application letter, article on the water feature at the Redmond West campus, and recommended reading.
Magic Gates Ball - Ask Bill to share his immense wisdom with you.
MicroPap Corporation - Includes parody interviews, articles and news.
Microsoft Keyboard - The Keyboard every Microsoft user needs!
Microsoft vs. Disney - Parody news story of a trademark violation.
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Redmond Roundup - Downloadable archive of this now defunct site offering a directory of anti-Microsoft and anti-Bill Gates sites, as well as Microsoft alternatives.
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Ubersoft - Comic strip about a pseudonymous evil software megacorporation.
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