Microsoft
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Microsoft's ambitions are anything but small. The world's #1 software company provides a variety of products and services, including its Windows operating systems and Office software suite. The company has expanded into markets such as video game consoles, servers and storage software, and digital music players. Microsoft has reached settlements to end a slew of antitrust investigations and lawsuits, including agreeing to uniformly license its operating systems and allowing manufacturers to include competing software with Windows. In early 2008 the company made an unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo! for about $44.6 billion; Yahoo!'s board rejected the bid as "inadequate".
DELL
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Dell has a direct line to Canada. The personal computer giant's Canadian subsidiary provides desktop and notebook PCs, workstations, network servers, mass data storage systems, and Ethernet switches. The company also sells personal and workgroup printers, handheld computers, LCD and plasma televisions, projectors, and third-party software and peripherals. It serves the consumer market, as well as government agencies, schools, and businesses of all sizes. Dell Canada's services unit provides consulting, systems integration, support, and training