Software and Programming Industry: Microsoft Corporation

This paper deals with Microsoft’s way of doing business from many angels and perspectives. Starting from the Mission it was created with, its Business Objectives, its External and Internal Business Environment, the strategic choices made by the leaders which ultimately led to Microsoft being what it is today- a market leader in the computer space. The paper talks about the organizations financial performance over the past forty years in 5 yearly buckets. And analyses

Microsoft has grown into an enormous and powerful corporation by a combination of aggressive business practices and having written operating systems (DOS and Windows) for personal computers. From operating systems it branched out into other software which has, along with the operating system, become something of an industry standard.

Two friends named Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque. They started out with a small company and turned into an empire that employs 100,932 people (as of December of 2013). Before there was Microsoft there was Traf-O-Data, which kept track of traffic data, which at

Microsoft was founded in 1975, and is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions (Career). Microsoft is proud to offer great products and employ outstanding people. Previous Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer once said, “There are many things that are true about Microsoft. We have big goals, big dreams, and big aspirations for the future. We are both competitive with our products and in the way we attract and retain talent. For me, the most important factor is competition for talent, because I know our success comes from the people who work here” (Foley).

Bill Gates established a number of different programs for a huge number of establishments. “Microsoft was born when Bill was looking at a MITS Altair 8800 computer in 1974 (Bill Gates, 2011)”. He contacted MITS to inquire if they would be interested in him developing programs for their company. It was quite some time before MITS agreed to Bill’s offer, but he began developing software programming right away and then Microsoft was generated. Other large companies such as IBM (in 1980) would come to him for software development (Bill Gates, 2011).

In 1975, Allen and Gates started marketing a BASIC programming language translator with their newly founded company Microsoft (“Paul Allen” Famous entrepreneurs). Soon, through deals with other emerging companies such as Apple and Commodore, Allen had arranged for their company to purchase an operating system called Q-DOS for $50,000 (“Paul Allen” Biography). The duo reinvented the operating system and renamed it MS-DOS the gave exclusive rights of MS-DOS to a personal computer company called IBM, who had originally commissioned the OS.

Bill and his high school friend Paul Allen read in a magazine about the Altair 8800, the worlds’ first microcomputer, so they contacted the manufacturer and told the president that they had developed a code using a popular computer language for the computer, so the president responded back and wanted to see it in person. As said in the article Bill Gates published by Entrepreneur, it states “When he said he'd like to see it, Gates and Allen, who actually hadn't written anything, starting working day and night in Harvard's computer lab.”. After flying out to meet with the president of the company in New Mexico, both Gates and Allen had no hope of the code working, but to their surprise, the code worked. After this event, Bill Gates would drop out of Harvard and move to Albuquerque with Paul Allen, there they officially established

Gates was fascinated with electronics from a young age. In 1975 he read about a small technology company. He contacted them to see if they were interested in a computer programme he had written. This led to the creation of Microsoft. Gates later struck a deal with IBM that put Microsoft's Windows on IBM computers. This deal made Microsoft a major player in the

After the move Gates would devote his energies to Microsoft, a company that he would establish in 1975 with Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Microsoft would sell its BASIC system to MITS, NCR and Intel. It proved to be more cost effective for companies to buy Microsoft software rather than spend the time and money to develop their own.

Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for Altair 8800. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. Its flagship hardware products are Xbox game console and the Microsoft Surface series of tablets. It is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. It is also one of the world's most valuable companies.

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 the Altair, and he and Paul Allen relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be near MITS Computer, where Paul Allen took a position as director of software development. Bill Gates and Paul Allen named their partnership Micro-soft (Microsoft

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

Microsoft Corporation was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in April 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It became popular in the masses with the operating system Windows and Microsoft Office Suite. It is an American multinational company that is primarily known for its dominance in the software industry. With some of the best software including Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office Suite, MS DOS and Internet Explorer to name a few, ever introduced in the market, it has become a software giant.

Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University and Paul Allen quit his job at Honeywell to make the move because they received an opportunity to write software for a consumer computer that was soon to release. They improved upon their BASIC software and grew the company until they incorporated in 1981, removing the hyphen and forever known as Microsoft (Alfred, 2011).

Microsoft Corporation is one of the largest and most influential companies in the personal computer industry. It has won several awards for innovation, for their commitment to diversity, and for their flexible work arrangements. It has always been a leader in the market with regard to its compensation. With 80,0004 employees across the world, having more than $15 billion revenue, it is one of the biggest and best‐known technology companies in the world.