Microsoft develops and sells a wide variety of computer software products in more than fifty countries. Microsoft's Windows operating systems for personal computers are the most widely use operating systems in the world. Microsoft had revenues of $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ending June 1998, and employs more than 27,000 people in 60 countries. Microsoft has it's headquaters in Redmond Washington. Microsoft's other well known products include, Word, a word processor; Excel, a spreadsheet program; Access, a database …showed first 75 words of 1454 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1454 total…of over $14 billion just last year and prospects of over $20 billion for the year to come, the possibilities for the growth and success of Microsoft are virtually inconceivable. We can only sit back and wonder what new tricks or ideas Bill Gates and Microsoft have stashed up their sleeve. The forecast for the future of Microsoft appears to be bright and sunny with clear sky's providing a smooth ride into the next millennium. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**