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"Micro-soft" (short for [[microcomputer]] [[software]]) was originally founded in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], in [[1975]] by [[Bill Gates]] and [[Paul Allen]] to develop and sell [[BASIC programming language|BASIC]] [[interpreter (computer software)|interpreter]]s for the [[Altair 8800]]. After the market saw a flood of IBM PC clones in the mid 1980s, Microsoft used its position they acquired from a contract with [[IBM]] to dominate the [[home computer]] [[operating system]] market with its [[MS-DOS]] operating system. The company later released an [[IPO]] in the [[stock market]], which netted it millions, and the stock would continue to rise steadily until the early 2000s. Microsoft eventually had the most widely used operating system with Microsoft Windows, originally an add-on for their [[DOS]] operating system, and continued to push into multiple markets such as [[computer hardware]].
With what is generally described as a developer-centric business culture, Microsoft has become widely known for some of its internal codes of conduct for its employees. One example is the "eat your own dogfood" mantra, which describes the practice of using prerelease Microsoft products inside the company in order to test them in an environment more geared towards the "real world". Microsoft has also become notorious for its business practices, and the [[U.S. Justice Department]], among others, has sued Microsoft more than once for antitrust violations and software bundling. In addition, people have criticized Microsoft for the ease-of-use of its software and vendor lock-in
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