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The Microsoft Corporation is a computer software company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates. Microsoft sells several dozen variations of the Microsoft Windows operating system, which has a dominant market share, perhaps 97%[1] of personal computers throughout the world. Another widely sold software product is Microsoft Office, which over the years achieved market dominance over a host of competitors such as Lotus 1-2-3. Microsoft is also known for its popular gaming console, the Xbox, the Zune mp3 player.
Microsoft shares are traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The company is one of the 30 companies that compose the Dow Jones 30 Industrials.
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Litigation
- Microsoft has been sued for alleged antitrust violations by Sun Microsystems, AOL Time Warner, Novell, the Unites States Department of Justice, various states of the United States, and European Union[2].
- Around January 2007, Microsoft offered to pay a blogger to edit Wikipedia. Catherine Brooker, a spokeswoman for Microsoft, said this was to "correct" inaccuracies heavily written by people at IBM, a proponent of open-source standards[3] [4].
References
- ↑ "Windows market share rises" (Retrieved 2007-04-06).
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Microsoft Chronology", Associated Press, December 13, 2007.
- ↑ Fox News.com, "Microsoft offers cash for Wikipedia edit", Brian Bergstein, January 23rd, 2007.
- ↑ InformationWeek, "Microsoft Pays Blogger To 'Correct' Wikipedia Entry", Paul McDougall, January 23, 2007.