At Microsoft, our mission is to enable people and businesses throughout the world to realize their full potential. We consider our mission statement a promise to our customers. We deliver on that promise by striving to create technology that is accessible to everyone—regardless of age or ability. Microsoft leads the industry in accessibility innovation and in building products that are safer and easier to use. Compaq’s mission is to help our customers become market leaders by providing them with the computing capabilities that support Internet-enabled sales, procurement, customer management and supply chain systems. Compaq NonStop eBusiness is a strategy that delivers the levels of service, availability and responsiveness required by applications, and features solutions, services, products and technologies that enable customers to compete effectively in a global marketplace.