Apple vs. Microsoft – Bidness Etc

Apple Microsoft Founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, and was incorporated in 1977 Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and was incorporated in 1981 Total revenues in Total revenues in 2012 were 2012 were $156 billion $77 billion Market capitalization as of November 2013 was $500 billion Market capitalization as of November 2013 was $323 billion 5-year revenue CAGR is 5-year revenue CAGR is 45% 7.6% Employs Employs 80,300 100,518 people worldwide people worldwide Average employee (software engineer) salary in 2012 was Average employee (developer) salary in 2012 was $116,000 $91,500 Apple's corporate headquarter facility is nicknamed the Infinite Loop Campus Microsoft's corporate campus is full of bunnies APPLES COMPUTER Microsoft released its The Apple I Office suite in 1989, but it was developed for Apple's Macintosh Computers was sold for $666.66 The first version of the Windows operating system was called The name Interface Manager, but was renamed by the marketing "Macintosh" was inspired by an actual apple department to Windows Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, has been named richest man in the world more times than anyone else in recent years Apple once had more cash in the bank than the US Treasury Bill Gates Steve jobs became a billionaire at the age of 31, but according to his own estimates, he had aimed to become one became a billionaire in 1995 when Pixar went public by the age of 30 Has over Has over 15,500 patents 10,500 patents Microsoft is one of Apple's iPhone outsells everything the biggest corporate collectors of art Microsoft has to offer The first ever mention of the word Apple makes its employees work on fake projects until they can be trusted "Microsoft" was in a letter sent by Bill Gates to Paul Allen in 1975 Apple produced a gaming console called the Xbox Pippin, is Microsoft's gaming console, which is a huge success which failed miserably Apple has acquired Microsoft has acquired 51 150 companies and has stakes in two more companies Bill Gates, COLLEGE DROPOUT Steve Jobs, one of the founders, is a one of the founders, is a college dropout çollege dropout DISCLAIMER: Bidness Etc(TM) and related marks are owned by Bidness Etc. Any other trademarks appearing on this website are the property of their respective owners, and are not used to indicate the origin of goods or services offered or provided by Bidness Etc herein or to suggest approval for or affiliation with Bidness Etc. BIDNESS Etc.