This document provides an overview of Microsoft, including its history, leadership, mission and vision statements, worldwide presence, products, competitors, partnership with Nokia, strategies, and SWOT analysis. It begins with an introduction and table of contents and then covers each of these topics in subsequent sections.
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
LEADERSHIP
MISSION / VISION STATEMENT
WORLDWIDE PRESENCE
PRODUCTS OF MICROSOFT
COMPETITORS OF MICROSOFT
MICROSOFT’S PARTNERSHIP WITH NOKIA
STRATEGIES
SWOT ANALYSIS
PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS
FUN FACTS OF MICROSOFT
QUERIES
14. Microsoft Windows (or simply Windows) is a metafamily
of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and
sold by Microsoft. It consists of several families of
operating systems, each of which cater to a certain sector
of the computing industry. Active Windows families
include Windows NT, Windows Embedded and Windows
Phone; these may encompass subfamilies, e.g. Windows
Embedded Compact(Windows CE) or Windows Server.
Defunct Windows families include Windows
9x and Windows Mobile.