Microsoft is
one of the largest and most important companies in the world and is
often at the top of the list of international companies operating in
different sectors, not just the technical sector. This giant enterprise may have some information about it. For example, you may know that it is owned by the world's richest man, Bill Gates
, and you know that it is the company that releases the Windows
operating system, which is the most famous computer operating system.
You might also know that Microsoft has released the Office suite that
contains many programs. The task is for everyone (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, etc).
But there are many interesting facts and facts about this company you
may not be aware of, and through this article you can identify them and
certainly you can take advantage of them personally.
Interesting facts about Microsoft
1. Microsoft was founded in 1975 and was initially named by its
founders as "Micro-soft" until both decided to change the name and merge
it in 1981 to become "Microsoft".
In the nineties was just a rising company until it became the number
one company in the world and continued to achieve success and high
status day by day until it owned more than 170 technology companies,
including companies worth the equivalent of billions of dollars, such as
(Hotmail, Skype) and the number of users Its products and services
currently reach over one billion users worldwide.
2 - The number of employees of Microsoft
currently more than 96000 employees, it is worth mentioning that the
company did not start a large number of staff, but started with only
three employees and the annual budget was estimated at about $ 16000 and
with the passage of years and the current revenue of $ 60 billion , And
it is clear that men control 71% of the male labor force, while the
proportion of women is only 29%. As for PhD holders, they have about 850
jobs and they work in the field of technological research to reach new
products and services needed by users or to develop Old products make
them more valuable and The importance of this, of course, helps the company to gain a high position among international companies.
3 - The annual salary of the software engineer at Microsoft starts from
106,000 dollars, which makes it one of the boldest groups that are used
around the world and are called "softies." By 2009, the company
registered more than 10,000 patents for software and hardware and its
accessories. About 3,000 patents are registered each year. Microsoft is
one of the top five companies with patents for more than one product at a
time.
4 - Microsoft designed the surfboard surface and developed at the
highest level in an underground location called Studio B in the United
States of America, in 1986 was put to the company for the subscription
and then owned Bill Gates nearly 49% of the company.
5- Microsoft and Apple
were initially working on the first Macintosh software until Microsoft
announced its rival with Windows, as the company was initially planning
to launch its own operating system called "interface manager" but
quickly switched, The company is under indictment by the US Department
of Justice for its monopoly in the software market, integrating Windows
with Internet Explorer. Finally, the investigation ended with a verdict
condemning the company as a monopoly and violating laws. Today, it is
considered one of the largest companies in the development of Linux.
6. With the tremendous development and success Microsoft wanted to
acquire Sega, according to Vice President Joachim Kempin, but Bill Gates
found that the company was not fully aware of this area and its
inability to compete with Sony, the largest gaming company In the world
resulting in the failure of the deal.
7- Microsoft did not take the
opportunity to buy the YouTube site for $ 500 million. Six months
later, Google acquired the video site for $ 1.6 billion. The site now
generates huge annual revenue of about $ 4 billion.
8. Famous music Brian Eno is one of the thousand startup sound for the
famous Windows system, which first appeared in Windows 95.
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