| What does Microsoft do Microsoft is the world's second largest company by 1. value. It provides the 2. system for 80 percent of the world's personal computers. Microsoft's operating system is 3. throughout the world. Any software needs to be 4. with the operating system for it to work. The company also produces a 5. of software products, such as Word and Excel. These products run 6. on the Windows operating system. Many software writers have tended to write for Microsoft rather than for its 7. such as Apple. Those people who end up working for other companies, then, tend to be less qualified. This makes it even harder for these other companies to compete. This dominance also feeds through to PC manufacturers 8. . What does Microsoft say The company says that 9. . It has had to do such things as giving certain programs away for free in order to be popular with the public. 10. means Microsoft does not have a monopoly (垄断) position, it says. | 