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    HeyCori
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    Microsoft is widely known for a few key products. You all probably know them; Windows, Office, Xbox, email. But the true amount of Microsoft products & services is far reaching and often times greatly underestimated. Things like POS machines, IT consulting, servers, computer peripherals, book publishing, etc etc. Profits aside, what other tech companies off such a wide variety of products and services? The first one that comes to mind is, of course, Google. What others would you add?
    Laura Knotek likes this.
    03-18-2013 01:57 PM
  2. tendoboy1984's Avatar
    tendoboy1984
    Sony
    Samsung
    Panasonic
    LG
    HP
    03-18-2013 02:17 PM
  3. m4tthall's Avatar
    m4tthall
    Oracle?
    03-18-2013 02:19 PM
  4. Laura Knotek's Avatar
    Laura Knotek
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    I want to add IBM. For some reason just posting IBM in all caps isn't possible.
    03-18-2013 02:21 PM
  5. mlm1950's Avatar
    mlm1950
    Apple
    03-18-2013 02:29 PM
  6. Jaskys's Avatar
    Jaskys
    google, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia.
    03-18-2013 03:05 PM
  7. Black Helicopter Steve's Avatar
    Black Helicopter Steve
    Amazon?
    03-18-2013 03:33 PM
  8. HeyCori's Avatar
    HeyCori
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    Originally Posted by m4tthall
    Oracle?
    I know they have java but I have no idea what else they do. All I know is I don't like their CEO. >.<
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    03-19-2013 08:23 AM
  9. a5cent's Avatar
    a5cent
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    Originally Posted by HeyCori
    I know they have java but I have no idea what else they do. All I know is I don't like their CEO. >.<
    They sell a DBMS (database management system) + services. The most popular DBMS in the enterprise space. It directly competes with MS' SQL Server. That, the fact that both companies earn their money in the enterprise space, and Oracle's ownership of the Java platform, makes them one of MS' more dangerous competitors. Much more so than Apple.
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    03-19-2013 09:11 AM
  10. Laura Knotek's Avatar
    Laura Knotek
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    Originally Posted by HeyCori
    I know they have java but I have no idea what else they do. All I know is I don't like their CEO. >.<
    Wikipedia lists all of their products. Oracle Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Incidentally, I have VirtualBox on my PC, which is an Oracle product that is free.
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    03-19-2013 12:08 PM
  11. HeyCori's Avatar
    HeyCori
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    Wow, they're huge. They're amount of assets and equity is incredible... but I still don't like their CEO.
    03-19-2013 01:07 PM
  12. Cleavitt76's Avatar
    Cleavitt76
    Originally Posted by mlm1950
    Apple
    Apple only has a handful of products. They are very successful products, but not very diverse. All of their eggs are in one basket so to speak.

    Last I heard, Oracle was the second largest software company in the world (MS was first). Yes, Oracle is huge, but their primary market is enterprise software/services so most consumers haven't heard of them even though they power a lot of the services people use every day.
    Laura Knotek likes this.
    03-19-2013 01:29 PM
  13. m4tthall's Avatar
    m4tthall
    Originally Posted by HeyCori
    I know they have java but I have no idea what else they do. All I know is I don't like their CEO. >.<
    Didn't say I liked them 😄
    03-21-2013 02:02 AM
  14. KingCrimson's Avatar
    KingCrimson
    Apple has a market cap that would combine Microsoft and a bunch of those other companies together. Iphone revenue alone exceeds Microsoft's entire annual revenue.
    03-24-2013 03:14 AM
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