Their products can last years like their laptops for example, but if you have a windows based laptop you need to replace it very year in order to keep up with technology. When talking about what to compare with these two companies I am going to focus on the logo, stocks, and their operating systems. Apple is a more consumer-based product, while Microsoft tends to […]

Question 1 Developing customer intimacy is essential for developing a sustainable competitive advantage. Whether the products of an organization will have any market potential depends on whether the customers like them or not. Therefore the management of an organization will have to develop an intimate understanding of the customers’ tastes and preferences if that organization is to stay of ahead of the competition. The process […]

“The US complaint has been filed by a Tangent, a small Burlingame, California-based hardware vendor that says it is a Microsoft certified partner, but has still been “caused significant harm” by “Microsoft’s exclusionary and restrictive practices”[1] The Northern California Company Tangent, who is also a Microsoft Certified Partner, has claimed that Microsoft has caused them “significant harm” through “exclusionary and restrictive” practices.[2] In its complaint, […]

Joining the gaming scene is artificial intelligence- well, kind of. As part of an experimental version of the game developed by Microsoft, the new platform, called was designed to train and stimulate an AI to carry out various tasks like crossing bridges and building elaborate objects. The Project Malmo platform allows a learning algorithm to control a Minecraft character normally operated by a person. Another […]

There has been a lot of debate recently about Bill Gates within the software industry.  This debate has occurred because Windows is on the majority of personal desktops, which is considered a monopoly in the system.  The problem with having a monopoly is that any software that is written by any company must work with the Windows operating system. That means that all companies must […]

Microsoft Outlook® User Manual Critique The objective of this paper will be to evaluate Microsoft manual for Outlook®. According to Torkzadeh (1988), author of The Quality of User Documentation, “User documentation is an important tool for communications. It enhances the value of an application to the user and in turn, improves user satisfaction” (p. 99). When designing a manual Ganier (2007) suggests in his article, […]

Over the past decade, Microsoft has produced its best selling software devices for computer products such as Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite. In 2007, the Microsoft Corporation generated $51.12 billion and its product market share estimated as 90% in 2003 for Microsoft Office and 2006 for Microsoft Windows. In the mid-1980’s, Microsoft dominated the home computer operating system and has been […]

In 2009, Microsoft felt the impact of the recession and the difficulties that all businesses faced in responding to one of the most challenging economic environments in the past 100 years. The fiscal 2010 was a year of remarkable accomplishments with record revenue earnings per share reported. Outstanding determination across all businesses, maintained a disciplined approach to controlling costs, and proved deep commitment to smart […]

Over the years of Microsoft’s tight grip in the field of digital and computer products and services, the company has been considered plotting a monopolizing scheme against other brands of the same field. Microsoft has evolved its powers to control the market and competition for Intel-compatible PC operating systems, which enable them to control supply, costs of products and services and market competition. b. Monopoly […]

The software we propose to use in our organization is Microsoft’s Office Communicator 2007. Besides web conferencing, its applications include instant messaging, voice messaging, desktop and file sharing and video. The integration with other Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Share Point, etc. ) would give us many different ways to communicate directly from the context of our tasks . During a web conference, […]