微软的英文介绍2.doc

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKEX: 4338) is an American-based multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices.[9][8] Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its best selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software. Originally founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Its products have all achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. One commentator notes that Microsoft's original mission was “a computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software.“[10] Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360, Zune and MSN TV.[9] The company's initial public stock offering (IPO) was in 1986; the ensuing rise of the company's stock price has made four billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees.[11][12][13] Throughout its history the company has been the target of criticism, including monopolistic business practices and anti-competitive business practices including refusal to deal and tying. The U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission, among others, have ruled against Microsoft for various antitrust violations.[14][15] Known for what is generally described as a developer-centric business culture, Microsoft has historically given customer support over Usenet newsgroups and the World Wide Web, and awards Microsoft MVP status to volunteers who are deemed helpful in assisting the company's customers微软公司（纳斯达克：Micros oft，港交所：4338）是美国的跨国电脑科技有限 公司开发，制造，许可证，并支持多种软件产品的计算设备。

[ 9] [ 8]总部在华盛顿州雷德蒙，华盛顿，美国最畅销的产品，它是微软视窗操作系统和微软办 公套装软件最初成立的开发销售基本口译牛郎星 8800，微软玫瑰主宰家庭电脑操作系统市 场上的 MS - DOS 在 80 年代中期，其次是窗口线操作系统其产品已全部达 到 near-ubiquity 在桌面电脑市场一位评论家指出，微软的使命是“计算机每 个家庭的每张桌子上，运行微软的软件[ 10]微软有立足点，在其他市场，资 产如 MS NBC 的有线网络，在互联网门户网站，和微软电子百科全书的多媒体 百科全书该公司还向市场计算机硬件产品如微软鼠标以及家庭娱乐产品等， 360，电脑和电视[ 9]公司首次公开发行股票（上市）为 1986；随后的上升， 该公司的股票价格有四位亿万富翁和估计有 12000 百万富翁的微软员工[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]纵观其历史，公司已被批评的对象，包括垄断性的商业做法和反竞争商业行为 包括拒绝交易、搭售美国司法部和欧盟委员会，除其他外，规定反对微软的 各种违反反托拉斯法[ 14] [ 15]知道什么是一般称为开发中心企业文化，微软历来给予客户支持新闻组和万维 网，和微软最有价值球员奖地位的志愿者谁被认为有助于公司的客户。