Microsoft Corporation is a
public multinational corporation headquartered in
Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to
computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell
BASIC interpreters for the
Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the
home computer operating system (OS) market with
MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the
Microsoft Windows line of OSs. The ensuing rise of stock in the company's 1986
initial public offering (IPO) made an estimated four billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. Microsoft would come to dominate other markets as well, notably the
office suite market with
Microsoft Office.
Primarily in the
1990s, critics contend the company used
monopolistic business practices and anti-competitive strategies including
refusal to deal and
tying, put unreasonable restrictions in the use of its software, and used misrepresentative marketing tactics; both the
U.S. Department of Justice and
European Commission found the company in violation of
antitrust laws.
Known for its interviewing process with obscure questions, various studies and ratings were generally favorable to Microsoft's diversity within the company as well as its overall environmental impact with the exception of the electronics portion of the business.
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