------------------------------------------------- Microsoft

History
Microsoft Corporation is a leading multinational American company in the computing industry, founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In fact, the name “Microsoft” comes from the contraction of “microcomputer software”. First, let’s talk about the key dates in the history of this society. The company was created in April 1975 in Albuquerque in the state of New Mexico in the United States by two students Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1981, Microsoft launched its first operating system known as MS-DOS. Then, in 1990 Microsoft released Windows 3.0 which has known a huge success. In 1995, Windows 95 was created, it was a real progress compared to the former version. In 2001, Microsoft launched Windows XP and the Xbox (a video game console).Bill Gates decided to leave the company in 2008. The next year, Microsoft commercialized its last operating system Windows 7.
Activities
Microsoft is one of the largest software companies in the world and at the same time, the company is present in the hardware market since its inception. The main product of the firm is the family Windows of operating systems. Windows is installed on nearly 90% of personal computers sold worldwide. Another well-known product and very profitable for the company is Microsoft Office which is a pack of several softwares ( Word, Excel, PowerPoint…). There is also Windows Internet Explorer which is a web browser equipping over 68% computers connected to the Internet. Microsoft is the publisher of many video games. Microsoft is also present in the hardware market with its famous game video console Xbox and its music player the Zune. The Xbox 360( the “next generation” console was released 4 years after the Xbox) has about 30% market share in the market for video game consoles. The Zune is a digital music player. It was