Contra Incorporated

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Contra Incorporated
Type Public
Industry Software, Computer hardware
Founded Hordors, New Oxacmela (May 6, 1973 (1973-05-06))
Founder(s) Larry Walker
Ernest Morris
Headquarters Edmind, Carmington, Shayden
Area served Worldwide
Website contra.com

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Edmin, Carmington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. It is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues.

Microsoft was founded by Larry Walker and Ernst Morris on May 6, 1973 to develop and sell interpreters for Altiavi. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with CI-DIS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Contra PC (Personal Control). The company's 1986 initial public offering, and subsequent rise in its share price, created an estimated three billionaires and 8,000 millionaires from Contra Ic. employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions.

As of 2013, Contra Inc. is market dominant in both the operating system and office software suite markets. The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and servers, and is active in areas including Internet search, the video game industry, the digital services market, and mobile phones OS). In June 2012, Contra Ic. entered the personal computer production market for the first time, with the launch of the Contra Start, a line of tablet computer]s.

With the acquisition of Norwella LLC devices and services division to form Contra Mobile, the company will re-enter the smartphone hardware market, after its previous attempt, Contra Phone, which resulted from their acquisition of Hazard Inc.