What is the difference between microsoft and windows?

Tom T: What is the difference between microsoft and windows?
i know windows is part of microsoft but why are they they put together in some things like microsoft windows. cos im doing an assignment that says choose a TNC company such as mc’donalds, addidas, qantas, microsoft etc.. but it says microsoft windows in some of the stuff so i need to know if i can do that and whats the difference?

Answers and Views:

Answer by David D
Microsoft is a company
Windows is one of their products

Answer by xxxnullifierxxx
microsoft is a corporation. windows is a program that they make. EX: microsoft word, microsoft games: HALO. think like this “Burger king whopper”

Answer by Sad but True
Windows is the OS

Microsoft is the crappy company that was owned by Bill Gates, but he got fired by the shareholders.

Hope this helos.

Answer by Newborn
Microsoft is the company that owns the windows OS.

so, Windows is a product of microsoft and is sometimes refered to as microsoft windows.

Answer by Ryan B
Windows is just a product created by microsoft. Like the Big Mac is a product of McDonalds.

Answer by TruBlu75
microsoft is the company that makes the product that is called windows……..

Answer by pramod1982
Microsoft is the Brand name which they use to sell windows….if they only name their product as Windows then how it would sound..so they nameed it Microsoft Windows..

Answer by dtkimmel
Microsoft is the business name and Windows is the product. Think of it this way…. McDonalds being the name of the company and Big Mac being the product.

Answer by xpiderman
Windows is an Operating System Created by Microsoft.

Microsoft is a company

Windows is one of their products