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Microsoft Company — Компания «Майкрософт»

Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded the Company in 1975.
Microsoft is best-known American company involved in software production. Microsoft’s wealth and power is growing up for years. It is a giant company. Microsoft’s $25 billion market value tops that of Ford, General Motors.
Some time ago, Microsoft dominated the PC market with its-MS-DOS operating system, the basic software that let the computer understand your commands and carry them out, appeared in the beginning of 80s. MS-DOS ran on 90 percent of the worlds IBM and IBM-clone computers. Then, Microsoft has extended that presence with releasing of Windows, which is probably the most important and popular operating system in the World. And now it dominates the market.
Firstly, Microsoft released Windows ’95 in 1995. It was a graphics interface environment that ran on top of MS-DOS and replaced DOS in future versions. Then, Microsoft released Windows ’98, Windows NT, Windows Millennium, Windows

2000 and Windows XP.
Microsoft also supplies about 50 percent of the world’s software applications. Among them, there are three well-known Office Packs; they are also called Microsoft Office programs such as Excel (spreadsheets), Microsoft Word (word processing), Access (databases) and Outlook Express (e-mail)- There were releases in 1997, 2000, and 2002, when appeared Microsoft Office XP. Microsoft is also in the market of networking, multimedia and even books. And as an early supporter of the Macintosh computer, Microsoft virtually owns the Mac application market.
It has been calculated that Microsoft controls 80-85 % of the entire PC software industry. The company has hundreds of products and thousands of employees, making it one of the largest companies. Many of the company’s shareholders are now millionaires and a few including Bill Gates and Paul Allen are billionaires. Microsoft is no doubt the fastest growing company in the PC software industry.

Компания «Майкрософт»

Пол Аллен и Билл Гейтс основали компанию в 1975

году.
«Майкрософт» — хорошо известная американская компания по производству программного обеспечения. Богатство и мощь «Майкрософт» растет в течение многих лет. Это гигантская компания. 25-миллиардный рынок «Майкрософт» превосходит рынки таких компаний как «Форд», «Дженерал Моторс».
Некоторое время назад «Майкрософт» доминировала на рынке со своей платформой МС-ДОС — операционная система, появившаяся в начале 80-х, которая позволяет компьютеру понимать команды и выполнять их. Было три версии МС-ДОС. МС-ДОС работала на 90 % всех компьютеров IBM и IBM-совместимых компьютеров. Затем свое присутствие на рынке «Майкрософт» увеличила за счет выпуска Виндоуз, которая, вероятно, на данный момент является самой важной и самой популярной операционной системой в мире. Сейчас она доминирует на рынке.
Сначала «Майкрософт» выпустила Виндоуз’95 в 1995 году. Это была графическая интерфейс-оболочка, которая запускалась поверх МС-ДОС и в будущем заменила ДОС* Затем «Майкрософт» выпустила Виндоуз’98, Виндоуз NT, Виндоуз 2000, Виндоуз Миллениум и Виндоуз ХР.
«Майкрософт» также поставляет около 50 процентов всего программного обеспечения в мире. Среди них три хорошо известных офисных пакета, их еще называют программы Офис Майкрософт, такие как Иксел (электронные таблицы), Майкрософт Уорд (текстовый редактор), Эксесс (базы данных) и Аутлук Икспресс (электронная почта). Были выпуски в 1997, 2000 и 2002 годах, когда появился Майкрософт Офис ХР. «Майкрософт» также присутствует на рынке сетей, мультимедиа, даже книг. Из-за того что «Майкрософт» сначала поддерживала компанию «Макинтош», «Майкрософт» виртуально владеет прикладным рынком компьютеров «Макинтош».
Было подсчитано, что «Майкрософт» контролирует 80- 85 % всего рынка программного обеспечения персональных компьютеров. В ассортименте компании сотни видов продукции, тысячи работников, что делает ее самой крупной компанией. Многие из акционеров компании — миллионеры, а некоторые, включая Билла Гейтса и Пола Ал лена — миллиардеры. Без сомнения «Майкрософт» на рынке программного обеспечения для персональных компьютеров является самой быстрорастущей компанией.

Questions:

1. Who founded the Company?
2. When was Microsoft founded?
3. What does the company produce?
4. What was the first Microsoft operating system that dominated the PC market?
5. How many Windows operating systems did Microsoft release?
6. Is it a rich company?
7. Does the Company dominate the PC market?

Vocabulary:

To found — основать
to involve — касаться, затрагивать
software — программное обеспечение, программы
wealth — стоимость
PC market — рынок ПК персональных компьютерой
MS-DOS operating system — операционная система МС-ДОС
to carry out — выполнять
to extend — расширяться, увеличиваться
to release — выпускать
graphics interface — графический интерфейс
to supply — поставлять, снабжать
application — приложение
spreadsheets — программа табличных вычислений
word processing — текстовый редактор
networking — организация/создание сетей; объединение в сеть; подключение к сети
multimedia — мультимедиа (использующий различные средства информации)
virtually — виртуально
entire — целый, весь
employee — служащий
shareholder — акционер, пайщик, владелец/держатель акций
doubt — сомнение

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