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Company type | Public |
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ISIN | US5949181045 |
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Founded | April 4, 1975Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. | in
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Headquarters | One Microsoft Way, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Subsidiaries | List of Microsoft assets |
Website | microsoft.com |
Microsoft Corporation is a American company that makes computer software and video games. Bill Gates and Paul Allen started the company in 1975.[3] Microsoft makes Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office (including Microsoft Word), Edge, MSN and Xbox, among others. Most Microsoft programs cannot be downloaded for free–people have to buy them in a shop or online. Some products (like the Windows operating system) are often already installed when people buy a new computer.