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What is Microsoft?
"Microsoft is an American multinational technology company and a pioneer in global PC software development. It was founded by Bill Gates and paul allen in 1975, and its headquarters is located in Redmond, Washington (near Seattle).

Mainly engaged in R&D manufacturing, licensing and providing a wide range of computer software services. The most famous and best-selling products are Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office series software, and it is the largest computer software provider in the world at present. On April 22nd, 20 18, the list of the most profitable companies in the world was released on April 22nd, 20 17, and Microsoft ranked 15.

On may 29th, 20 18, "20 100 BrandZ's most valuable brand in the world" was released, and Microsoft ranked 4th. 2018 July 19, the Fortune Global 500 list was released, and Microsoft ranked 7 1. 20 18 12 18 was published in the "Top 500 20 18 World Brands" compiled by the World Brand Lab, and Microsoft ranked fourth.

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Windows 10 is a new generation of all-platform operating system released by Microsoft. The new system will cover traditional personal computers, tablet computers, 2-in-1 1 devices and mobile phones, and support a variety of device types. The new generation operating system will advocate a new idea of one product family, one platform and one store, and create a "unified" operating system for the whole platform.

The first exposure of Windows 10 was demonstrated at Microsoft Build 20 14 Developer Conference. At that time, it was generally believed that the version demonstrated at the press conference was an upgraded version of Windows 8.

Since then, it has been widely circulated that Microsoft will release a new generation of operating system Windows 9 in September 20 14. Until September 30th, 20 14 (US time), Microsoft held a small press conference in San Francisco to release a new generation of operating system Windows 10, instead of Windows 9, which had been rumored before.

Starting from 20 14, 10, 1, Microsoft has provided technology preview downloads for desktop computers and portable computers on its official website. It is expected that the official version of Windows 10 will be released in the second half of 20 15.

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