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Welcome to WindowPanes. This is our little
corner of Microsoft. We wanted to give you
a brief view into this very unique software company. Whether you use Windows or
not, WindowPanes is truly a window worth looking through.
This page contains some fun facts &
interesting information about Bill Gates and his company, MICROSOFT. If you need
help with Windows, please check out our
Windows XP Help Center.
For a "quick-list" of specific Microsoft
links covering Windows XP, please visit our
XP Xpress page.
Corporate Address
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-7329
USA
Tel: (425) 882-8080
Fax: (425) 706-7329
Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com
NASDAQ Ticker: MSFT
Important Dates
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1975 |
Microsoft founded |
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Jan. 1, 1979 |
Microsoft moves from Albuquerque, New Mexico to
Bellevue, Washington |
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June 25, 1981 |
Microsoft incorporates |
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Aug. 12, 1981 |
IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's
16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0 |
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Feb. 26, 1986 |
Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond,
Washington |
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March 13, 1986 |
Microsoft stock goes public |
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Aug. 1, 1989 |
Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite
of productivity applications |
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May 22, 1990 |
Microsoft launches Windows 3.0 |
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Aug. 24, 1995 |
Microsoft launches Windows 95 |
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Dec. 7, 1995 |
Bill Gates outlines Microsoft's commitment to
supporting and enhancing the Internet |
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June 25, 1998 |
Microsoft launches Windows 98 |
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Feb. 17, 2000 |
Microsoft launches Windows 2000 |
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June 22, 2000 |
Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer outline Microsoft's .NET
strategy for Web services |
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May 31, 2001 |
Microsoft launches Office XP |
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Oct. 25, 2001 |
Microsoft launches Windows XP |
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Jan. 15, 2002 |
Bill Gates outlines Microsoft's commitment to
Trustworthy Computing |
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Nov. 7, 2002 |
Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC |
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Jan. 16, 2003 |
Microsoft declares annual dividend |
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April 24, 2003 |
Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 |
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Oct. 21, 2003 |
Microsoft launches Microsoft Office System |
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July 20, 2004 |
Microsoft announces plans to return up to $75 billion
to shareholders in dividends and stock buybacks |
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June 15, 2006 |
Microsoft announces that Bill Gates will transition
out of a day-to-day role in the company in July 2008, Ray Ozzie is named
chief technology officer and Craig Mundie chief research and strategy
officer |
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July 20, 2006 |
Microsoft announces a new $20 billion tender offer and
authorizes an additional share-repurchase program of up to $20 billion over
five years |
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Jan. 30, 2007 |
Microsoft launches Windows Vista and the 2007
Microsoft Office System to consumers worldwide |
Board of Directors
(Last Updated: March 26, 2007)
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Steven A. Ballmer |
Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation |
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James
I. Cash Jr., Ph.D. |
Former James E. Robison Professor, Harvard
Business School |
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Dina
Dublon |
Former Chief Financial Officer, JPMorgan Chase |
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William H. Gates III |
Chairman, Microsoft Corporation |
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Raymond V. Gilmartin |
Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Merck & Co., Inc. |
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Reed Hastings |
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Netflix, Inc. |
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David F. Marquardt |
General Partner, August Capital |
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Charles H. Noski |
Former Vice Chairman, AT&T Corporation |
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Dr.
Helmut Panke |
Former Chairman of the Board of Management, BMW AG |
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Jon A. Shirley |
Former President and Chief Operating Officer,
Microsoft Corporation |
Microsoft's Business Divisions
(Last Updated: March 2, 2007)
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Microsoft Platforms & Services Division |
Includes the Windows Business Group, the Server &
Tools Group, and the Online Services Group |
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Microsoft Business Division |
Includes the Information Worker Group, the Microsoft
Business Solutions Group, and the Unified Communications Group |
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Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division |
Includes the Home & Entertainment Group and the Mobile
& Embedded Devices Group |
Operation Centers
(Last Updated: May 5, 2005)
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Licensing, Manufacturing, Operations and Logistics |
Dublin, Ireland |
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Manufacturing |
Humacao, Puerto Rico, USA |
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Licensing and Operations |
Reno, Nevada, USA |
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Operations and Logistics |
Singapore |
Microsoft Subsidiaries
(Last Updated: Aug. 2, 2006)
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Algeria |
Ecuador |
Latvia |
Russia |
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Argentina |
Egypt |
Lebanon |
Saudi Arabia |
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Armenia |
El Salvador |
Lithuania |
Senegal |
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Australia |
Estonia |
Luxembourg |
Serbia & Montenegro |
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Austria |
Finland |
Macau |
Singapore |
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Azerbaijan |
France |
Macedonia |
Slovakia |
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Bahrain |
Germany |
Malaysia |
Slovenia |
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Bangladesh |
Greece |
Malta |
South Africa |
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Belgium |
Guatemala |
Mauritius |
Spain |
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Bermuda |
Honduras |
Mexico |
Sri Lanka |
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Bolivia |
Hong Kong |
Morocco |
Sweden |
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Brazil |
Hungary |
Namibia |
Switzerland |
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British Virgin Islands |
Iceland |
Netherlands |
Taiwan |
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Bulgaria |
India |
New Zealand |
Thailand |
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Cameroon |
Indonesia |
Nigeria |
Trinidad & Tobago |
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Canada |
Iraq |
Norway |
Tunisia |
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Cayman Islands |
Ireland |
Oman |
Turkey |
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Chile |
Israel |
Pakistan |
Ukraine |
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China |
Italy |
Panama |
United Arab Emirates |
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Colombia |
Jamaica |
Paraguay |
United Kingdom |
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Costa Rica |
Japan |
Peru |
Uruguay |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
Jordan |
Philippines |
Venezuela |
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Croatia |
Kazakhstan |
Poland |
Vietnam |
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Cyprus |
Kenya |
Portugal |
Zimbabwe |
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Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic |
Korea
Kuwait |
Qatar
Romania |
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Revenue and Headcount
(Last Updated: June 30, 2006)
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June 30, 2006 |
71,172 |
$44.28B |
11% |
$12.60B |
3% |
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June 30, 2005 |
61,000 |
$39.79B |
8% |
$12.25B |
50% |
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June 30, 2004 |
57,086 |
$36.84B |
14% |
$8.17B |
8% |
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June 30, 2003 |
54,468 |
$32.19B |
13% |
$7.53B |
29% |
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June 30, 2002 |
50,621 |
$28.37B |
12% |
$5.35B |
-28% |
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June 30, 2001 |
48,030 |
$25.30B |
10% |
$7.35B |
-22% |
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June 30, 2000 |
39,170 |
$22.96B |
16% |
$9.42B |
21% |
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June 30, 1999 |
31,575 |
$19.75B |
29% |
$7.79B |
73% |
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June 30, 1998 |
27,055 |
$15.26B |
28% |
$4.49B |
30% |
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June 30, 1997 |
22,232 |
$11.94B |
32% |
$3.45B |
57% |
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June 30, 1996 |
20,561 |
$9.05B |
49% |
$2.20B |
51% |
Employment Information
(Last Updated: Feb. 23, 2007)
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Worldwide |
76,539 |
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USA |
46,691 |
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Puget Sound (Washington State) |
35,053 |
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Male |
35,026 |
75% |
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Female |
11,657 |
25% |
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Not Specified |
8 |
0% |
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29 or Under |
8,529 |
18.3% |
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30-39 |
22,669 |
48.6% |
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40+ |
15,491 |
33.2% |
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Business Group |
36,683 |
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Sales & Marketing Support Group |
36,727 |
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Operations Group |
3,129 |
Real Estate Portfolio
(Last Updated: March 1, 2007)
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Puget Sound |
8,499,162 |
78 |
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Other US |
532,890 |
3 |
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International |
882,659 |
5 |
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SUBTOTAL: |
9,914,711 |
86 |
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Puget Sound |
2,854,958 |
38 |
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Other US |
2,901,358 |
98 |
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International |
7,350,325 |
326 |
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SUBTOTAL: |
13,286,641 |
429 |
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Puget Sound |
11,354,120 |
116 |
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Other US |
3,434,248 |
101 |
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International |
8,412,894 |
331 |
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GRAND TOTAL: |
23,201,262 |
548 |
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential.
MS-DOS, .NET, Office XP, 2007 Office system, Windows, Windows Server, Windows
3.0, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista are
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other product and company names
mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Research
Report
by
James E. Clemens II
Would you like to see
the future of Microsoft computing, along with the newest products available
today?
Well, if you visit
Microsoft Research
where dreaming
& the impracticable are twisted into reality, you can! Microsoft Research is where the action is taking
place and it's a fun site to visit from time to time. You can learn about new technologies, as
well as checking out the white papers that Microsoft collaborated with product
groups and top universities for peer review.
These white papers and other published
reports are very valuable information
that Microsoft is sharing with the world at no cost. Some of the articles are written in
response to your submitted feedback to Microsoft, while others are the result of
Microsoft's Research Team searching for better ways for computers to work.
If you have ever wondered what happens with your
submissions, Microsoft Research is using it to better tomorrow's computing
experience! Now that's a good reason to
send in feedback and error reports to Microsoft, if there ever was one.
At Microsoft Research you will get to tour the lab & review the efforts underway
to improve and develop products for the next 2 – 10 years. You can verify
all the stories in the news about the Microsoft's developments. Trustworthy
information these days is rare and the Media does not report the whole story
when it comes to Microsoft and the new software being developed for your
machine. An excellent site to find facts and study credible research papers about computer
science.
Fast fact: Microsoft
Research & Development provides more than 1/3 of the worlds Malaria medical
funding.
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Fast fact: Did you know that in 2004 Microsoft gave back 32.6 Billion in cash to its shareholders, almost
matching the total tax relief package of 38 Billion given by Bush in 2001.
The Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Guided by the belief that every life has equal
value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to reduce inequities and
improve lives around the world. In developing countries, it focuses on improving
health, reducing extreme poverty, and increasing access to technology in public
libraries. In the United States, the foundation seeks to ensure that all people
have access to a great education and to technology in public libraries. In its
local region, it focuses on improving the lives of low-income families. Based in
Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Patty Stonesifer and Co-chairs William H.
Gates Sr., Bill Gates, and Melinda French Gates.
(Last updated: December 31, 2006)
Number of employees: approximately 348
Endowment: $33 billion**
Total grant commitments since inception: $13.35 billion
Total 2005 grant payments: $1.55 billion
The foundation supports grantees in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Internationally, we support work in more than 100 countries.
** Endowment includes $1.6 billion from the first installment of the
gift from Warren Buffett recorded August 24, 2006.
For a look back at Microsoft's operating systems journey, please visit our
Rewind web page!
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