From TARDIS Index File, the free Doctor Who reference.

Microsoft was a business corporation founded in 1975 that sold computer hardware and software and rose to particular prominence in the last two decades of the 20th century and into the early 21st.

In 1996, Microsoft manufactured android versions of Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and the Grey Lady for the Festival of Ghana. (DW: The Chase) The company later underwent investigation for building dangerous robots. (EDA: Interference - Book One)

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The original 1965 serial The Chase does not identify Microsoft as the maker of the robots -- indeed the company wasn't even established for another decade. This was later subject to a retcon in a novel.

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From Final Fantasy Wiki

Microsoft creators of the Windows operating system, entered the "console wars' after Sega left and took it's place with the Xbox. After the original Xbox's life-cycle ended Microsoft released the Xbox 360 a powerful console with streamlined online play and stores. During the seventh generation of consoles Square-Enix began to support Microsoft by releasing Final Fantasy titles on it's console for the first time.

See Also

• Xbox 360

External Links

• Micrsoft Game Studios

From Grand Theft Wiki

This is a disambiguation page for Microsoft, which could mean a number of things

Microsoft are the developers of some of the "platforms" that Grand Theft Auto games are available on.

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• Xbox 360
• Personal Computer (PC)

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There is more information available on this subject at Microsoft on the English-language Wikipedia.

The Microsoft Corporation is an international computer technology corporation. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, its most popular products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, each of which has achieved near-ubiquity in the desktop computer market. Microsoft possesses footholds in other markets, with assets such as the MSNBC cable television network, the MSN Internet portal, and the Microsoft Encarta multimedia encyclopedia. The company also markets both computer hardware products such as the Microsoft mouse as well as home entertainment products such as the Xbox, Xbox 360 and MSN TV.

Microsoft was the parent company of Bungie Studios and is still the parent company of Wingnut Interactive.. Its internal team, 343 Industries, is responsible for creating new properties for the Halo franchise.