Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States. Microsoft is an acronym for microcomputer and software.5
The company develops, manufactures, licenses and supports software for personal computers, servers, electronic devices and services.
Since the 1990s it has increasingly diversified from the operating systems market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions, the largest being its purchase of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016 followed by its purchase of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in May 2011.
The company develops, manufactures, licenses and supports software for personal computers, servers, electronic devices and services.
Since the 1990s it has increasingly diversified from the operating systems market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions, the largest being its purchase of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016 followed by its purchase of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in May 2011.
