April 2015
Beginner
480 pages
107h 32m
English
Microsoft Corp, quite often considered the granddaddy of the computer software industry, was founded in 1975 by childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen. (Fun fact: The company was originally based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, not Seattle!) Since its founding, the company has been on the forefront of software development. From MS-DOS to Windows to Internet Explorer, Microsoft has pursued its mission to “empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.”72 Although Microsoft’s cloud-computing business continues to sizzle—growing by 93 percent in the most recent quarter—software development still plays an important role in the company’s strategic revenue ...