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Microsoft is motivated and inspired every day by how its
customers use its software to find creative solutions to
business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay
connected to what's most important to them.
Microsoft
runs its business in much the same way, and believes that
seven core business units offer the greatest potential to
serve its customers in the coming decade. They include:
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Windows Client,
including the Microsoft® Windows® XP desktop operating
system, Windows 2000, and Windows Embedded operating
system.
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Information Worker,
including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher,
Microsoft Visio®, Microsoft Project, and other
stand-alone desktop applications.
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Microsoft Business Solutions, encompassing Great Plains and Navision business process
applications, and bCentralT business services.
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Server and Tools,
including the Microsoft Windows Server SystemT
integrated server software, software developer tools,
and MSDN®.
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Mobile and Embedded Devices, featuring mobile devices including the Windows Powered Pocket PC,
the Mobile Explorer microbrowser, and the Windows
Powered Smartphone software platform.
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MSN,
including the MSN® network, MSN Internet Access, MSNTV,
MSN Hotmail® and other Web-based services.
Home
and Entertainment,
including Microsoft Xbox®, consumer hardware and software,
online games, and our TV platform.
Microsoft is committed long term to the mission of helping
its customers realize their full potential. Just as it
constantly updates and improves its products, it wants to
continually evolve to be in the best position accelerating
new technologies as they emerge and to better serve its
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