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Microsoft, inc. is a multinational company that develops a wide range of software products. The most profitable products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. The company was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980's, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Windows is still the flagship product of the company, the current desktop version is Windows 7, released in 2009. The company now has three business divisions: the Microsoft Platform Products and Services Division, the Microsoft Business Division and the Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft has been the largest software company in the world for at least 8 years in a row.
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| Company information |
| Headquarters |
Redmond, Washington, United States |
| Primary business sectors |
Infrastructure Software, Office Productivity Software, Gaming Software |
| Secondary business sectors |
Databases, Operating systems, Middleware, Office software, PC Games |
| Type |
Public (NASDAQ: MSFT) |
| Employees |
93,000 |
| Website |
http://www.microsoft.com/ |
Wikipedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft |
Software Top 100 position (2009)
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1
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| Previous Software Top 100 position |
1 |
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Financial information
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| Total revenues 2008 (mln US$) |
61,900 |
| Software revenues 2008 (mln US$) |
49,453 |
| Software revenues 2007 (mln US$) |
44,728 |
| Software revenue growth (%yoy) |
10% |
| Percentage of total revenues |
80% |
Microsoft investor relations url
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http://www.microsoft.com/msft/sec.mspx |
| Financial year end |
June 30th |
| Financial year correction |
1/2 FY 2008 + Q1/Q2 FY 2009 |
Software revenue calculation
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Client (100%), Server & Tools (80%), OSB (25%), MBD (95%), EDD (33%)
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| Other research remarks |
Adjusted software revenue calculation (2009): higher non-software components in S&T, OSB and MBD |
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