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Microsoft case study
Microsoft was formed in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop BASIC software for microcomputers. It grew into the largest software company in the world by developing the MS-DOS operating system and applications like Microsoft Word and Windows. Microsoft has been led by CEOs Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and currently Satya Nadella. It continues to develop new platforms beyond traditional operating systems and is now the third most valuable company globally.
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Microsoft case study
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- 2. MICROSOFT… • Microsoft isan American multinational computer technology corporation formed by Harvard College dropout, Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen. • Microsoft has become the biggest software company and also one of the most valuable companies in the world. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
- 3. MICROSOFT… CEOs • BILL GATESwas the CEO of MICROSOFT from 1975 upto 2000. • After which, the company was handed over to STEVE BALLMER who was the CEO for 4 years. • Now the company is led by Indian executive SATYA NADELLA https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
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- 10. WHEN IT ALLSTARTED.. • MICROSOFT started back in 1975 when Bill and Paul wanted to write a programming language called BASIC to work on their Altair 8800, which was the first successful PC. • Altair was programmed directly using the tiny switches on the front of the PC by toggling them. • Bill thought that a basic interpreter would make it lot more easier for the people to program on Altair using a keyboard. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
- 11. THE START UP!!! This interpreter was MICROSOFT’s first ever product and it was just 4Kb on a paper tape. Microsoft started growing and developing many more forms of BASIC through the early 1980s. Microsoft also released its first hardware in 1980 called the SOFT CARD which allowed the operating system Basic-90 to be installed on apple computers. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
- 12. THE GROWTH .. Speakingof DOS, MICROSOFT agreed to produce DOS for IBM in 1981, which made Microsoft a software giant raising their yearly revenue from $16 million to $97 million in the next 3 years. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
- 13. LOOKS GOOD In 1983,MICROSOFT came up with MS WORD which was notable for being one of the first “what-you-see-is-what-you-get” word processors, it is because you could see italics and bold on screen, instead of having to type in a command for the printer to print what you want. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
- 14. Microsoft released WINDOWS1.0 in 1985, it was widely criticized for relying too much on the mouse, as most of the computers then didn’t even have one. 5 years later Microsoft released windows 3.0 which was a massive hit for the use of icons to represent programs. The same year Microsoft also released MS Office. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
- 15. • Then in1995,they release windows 95, which introduced start menu, taskbar, internet explorer and lot more. • By this time Microsoft had become the dominant force in the consumer software industry • Windows XP released in 2001 was incredibly successful. • Reports showed that XP was installed on 85 % of the desktop computers at one point, although another report showed the proportion to illegal installations as 45%, hence MICROSOFT introduced product activation. • Then XP was followed by vista, windows 8, and currently windows 10. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
- 16. TODAY.. • At presentMicrosoft is working on various other platforms out of its traditional OS development, like OneDrive Cloud Storage, Skype, Bing, XBOX and HoloLens. • Microsoft is now valued $753 billion, which makes it the third most valuable company in the world, behind Apple and Amazon. https://www.slideshare.net/GaganKumar105
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Editor's Notes
- #3 1)Microsoft- MNC 2)Founded by Bill gates and Paul allen 3)Microsoft biggest software company
- #4 Satya Nadella current ceo Bill 1975 to 2000 Steve ballmer 2000 to 2014 Satya 2014 till now TRANSITION: Before we get into Microsoft’s history lets take a brief look at Bills life.
- #5 How bill gates started Microsoft.
- #6 Born in 1955 He was a very argument tative and active through out his young life Moving into his teenage life He started hacking and playing with computer by the age of 13 It was at this time he met his mate paul allen He was asked by his school to make a computer program for class allotment Transition: and guess what he did. He put himself into the class with more girls
- #7 He put himself into the class with more girls He tried to build a start up which wasn’t a success He joined Harvard Lawyer plans didn’t work
- #8 He was very fond of coding he used to check the code written by his employees by himself Get a job offer by steve jobs We all know how that ended up
- #9 CORBIS is a entertainment and advertising company Now renamed to BEN – branded entertainment network
- #10 He funds many institutions and has promised to donate more than half of his wealth into good cause. Transition: Coming back to Microsoft.
- #11 Transition “What a concept”
- #12 Transition: Speaking of DOS
- #13 Speaking of DOS, MS agreed to produce DOS Grwth in profits
- #15 Nowadays we cant even imagine using a pc without a mouse.
- #16 Illegal installations as 45% hence poor billgates decided to introduce product activation to overcome piracy