Microsoft : Tofauti kati ya masahihisho
Content deleted Content added
d fixing dead links |
|||
Mstari 70:
On 1 Februari 2008, Microsoft alifanya jitihada ya kununua unsolicited internet huduma mshindani [[Yahoo!]] Kwa hadi $ 44.6 bilioni, <ref> [http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200802011107DOWJONESDJONLINE000664_FORTUNE5.htm 5 UPDATE: Microsoft Offers kununua Yahoo Kwa $ 44.6 Billion]</ref> ingawa hii kutoa ilikataliwa 10 Februari. On 3 Mei 2008, Microsoft alikwenda kutoa zao. <ref name="msft_withdrawl">{{citeweb|title=Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!|url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-03letter.mspx|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate=2008-05-03}}</ref>
Microsoft ilitangaza tarehe 21 Februari 2008 kwamba itakuwa kubadilishana habari kuhusu bidhaa zake na teknolojia ya kufanya kuwa rahisi kwa watengenezaji kuunda software ambayo inafanya kazi pamoja na bidhaa zake. <ref> [http://www.businessrover.com/news/microsoft_offers_to_share_some_s/ Microsoft inatoa kushirikisha baadhi ya siri]</ref> na kufuatiwa kwamba up kwa kutoa habari hizo. <ref> [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/apr08/04-08ProtocolPR.mspx Microsoft hadharani Posts Additional Itifaki Documentation]</ref> Hata hivyo, Umoja wa Ulaya iliendelea kuonyesha kutoridhika wake na kampuni kwa ajili ya ukosefu wake wa efterlevnad na Machi 2004 hukumu na hatimaye, tarehe 27 Februari 2008 faini ya kutokujua € 899 million ($ 1.4 bilioni), basi faini kubwa katika historia EU ushindani wa sera. <ref name="msft_eufine_2008">{{citeweb|title=AFP:EU hits Microsoft with record 899 million euro antitrust fine|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iozBXlp2nzuVxnMx_SwmtKvi7C-w|publisher="[[Agence France-Presse]]"|accessdate=2008-06-01|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070609092458/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iozBXlp2nzuVxnMx_SwmtKvi7C-w|archivedate=2007-06-09}}</ref>
Januari 2009 katika ripoti yake ya kifedha matokeo, Microsoft alitangaza Layoffs ya hadi 5000 wafanyakazi katika kukabiliana na kupunguza shughuli za kiuchumi kutokana na [[mgogoro wa kifedha]] unaoendelea. <ref name="msft_2009_layoffs">{{citeweb|title=Microsoft Reports Second-Quarter Results | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jan09/01-22fy09Q2earnings.mspx|accessdate=2009-01-23}}</ref>
| |||