INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MICROSOFT

THE GENERIC USER OUTLINE USED IN MICROSOFT

OUTLOOK 2010 WAS ACTUALLY BILL GATE'S

MUGSHOT FROM WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT DRIVING

WITHOUT A LICENCE

CHARLES SIMONYI, THE INVENTOR OF MICROSOFT

OFFICE, HAS PAID NEARLY $30 MILLION TO VISIT THE

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION…TWICE!

A GUY NAMED BOB WAS THE FIRST TO BUY THE DOMAIN

NAME "WINDOWS2000.COM". IRONICALLY, MICROSOFT

OWNED "BOB.COM" SO THEY WORKED OUT A DEAL

FOR EVERY ANDROID DEVICE, MICROSOFT GETS

ABOUT $8 IN ROYALTIES. IN 2013 THAT WORKED

OUT TO NEARLY $3.5 BILLION

MICROSOFT INTENTIONALLY MADE MSN.COM LOOK

WRONG ON OPERA BROWSERS IN ORDER TO PUSH

PEOPLE TO USE INTERNET EXPLORER

MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR IS THE COMPANY'S

LONGEST RUNNING PRODUCT. IT PRECEDES

WINDOWS BY 3 YEARS!

IN 1997, MICROSOFT ACTUALLY GAVE APPLE

$150 MILLION IN A DEAL THAT HAS BEEN MISCONSTRUED

AS ALTRUISTIC (IT WASN'T, BUT IT IS STILL FUNNY

THAT MICROSOFT PAID ITS COMPETITOR SO MUCH)

ONE OF THE REASONS MICROSOFT INCLUDED

SOLITAIRE IN WINDOWS WAS TO FAMILIARIZE USERS

WITH DRAG AND DROP INTERFACES. THIS WAS

SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE STILL HAD NO

EXPERIENCE WITH

IN 2001, SOME MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES CONTINUED

TO WORK RIGHT THROUGH AN EARTHQUAKE IN

SPITE OF ALARMS. IT WASN'T UNTIL THEY

RECEIVED AN ON-SCREEN WARNING TO LEAVE

THE BUILDING THAT THEY LEFT THEIR

WORKSTATIONS