Microsoft - Arcor Magazin
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Transcript Microsoft - Arcor Magazin
A Presentation by Moritz Botterbrodt
Structure
Facts
Bill Gates
History
Products
- Zune
- X-Box 360
Facts
Foundation: 1975
Founders: Paul Allen and Bill Gates
President: Bill Gates
Location : Redmond (Washington)
Personnel: 71.000
Volume of sales: 44 Billions
Bill Gates
Born: 28 Oktober 1955 in Seattle
At the Age of 13 he attended a private School
In the Holidays he earns 5.000 Dollar with programming
1970 he founded together with Paul Allen his first Company
with a profit of 20.000 Dollar
1973 he begin to study at the Harvard University
1975 he dropped his study and founded Microsoft
History
1975 the first headquarter was built in Alberqueue (New
Mexiko)
1979 – 1986 Microsoft cooperates with ASCII
1979 Redmond became the new headquarter and Steve
Ballmer became the Manager of Microsoft
1980 IBM suggest Bill Gates to create a Home Computer
called IBM-PC with the op. System of Microsoft
1983 Bill Gates wants to create a GUI
1990 the first Windows Generation (Windows 3.0) released
1994 Microsoft Word,Excel and Powerpoint released
Products
Operating System
(Windows XP/ Vista)
Mp3 Player
( Zune)
Applications software (Word, Powerpoint,Excel)
Server products
(Biz Talk, Virtual Server)
Compiler
(C, C++)
Platforms
(X-Box, X-box 360)
Games
(Halo, Age of Empires)
Products - Zune
- Zune “the iPod Killer”
- Released: November 2006
- Cost: 200-250 Dollar
- Comparable with the iPod Video
- Storage Space: 30 GB
-Playable Formats: MP3, AAC, WMA,
H.264, WMV, MPEG-4, JPEG
Products – X-Box 360
- Platform like the Playstation 3
-Presented on the E3 in 2005
-Cost: 300€/400€
-Sold: 11 Milion times