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Microsoft Surface : Company History

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Microsoft Surface
1. Company History:
Microsoft Corporation was founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates on April 4, 1975. It operate worldwide and have offices in more than 100 countries. Microsoft develops, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and devices that deliver new opportunities, greater convenience, and enhanced value to people’s lives. It offers various services, including cloud- based service, to consumers and businesses. It also design, manufacture, and sell devices such as Surface, Surface Pro, and Surface Book with its cloud-based service. In 1986, the company 's initial public offering, and subsequent rise in its share price, created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office suite, Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. In May 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in its largest acquisition to date. During 2012, its flagship hardware products are the Xbox game consoles and the Microsoft Surface, a tablet can also replace a laptop.
In June 2012, Microsoft entered into the personal computer market for the first time, with the launch of the Microsoft Surface, a line of tablet computers. After a few month, Microsoft also launched Surfaces

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