THOUGHT-PROVOKING FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MICROSOFT

THE ORIGINAL HALO VIDEO GAME WAS A THIRD

PERSON SHOOTER FOR THE MAC. AT LEAST

UNTIL MICROSOFT BOUGHT BUNGIE AND

RELEASED THE GAME ON XBOX INSTEAD

3 BILLIONAIRES AND MORE THAN 12,000 MILLIONAIRES

OWE THEIR FORTUNES TO MICROSOFT

MICROSOFT ENCARTA WAS ORIGINALLY CODENAMED

GANDALF. ITS DEMISE HAS BEEN LARGELY

ATTRIBUTED TO WIKIPEDIA

ONE OF MICROSOFT'S MOST FAMOUS INTERVIEW

QUESTIONS WAS "WHY ARE MANHOLE COVERS ROUND?"

IN ORDER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRANSITION

FROM THE PRINT AGE TO THE DIGITAL AGE,

MICROSOFT CHANGED ITS OFFICIAL FONT

FROM TIMES NEW ROMAN TO CALIBRI 11

IN 1995, WINDOWS95 WAS THE SECOND MOST

INSTALLED PIECE OF SOFTWARE. THE VIDEO

GAME DOOM WAS FIRST

IN 2104, MICROSOFT AND THE NFL STRUCK A DEAL

TO USE MICROSOFT SURFACE AS THE LEAGUE'S

OFFICIAL TABLET. UNFORTUNATELY FOR MICROSOFT,

THE ANNOUNCERS KEPT CALLING THEM IPADS.

IT WAS IN 1998 THAT THE MICROSOFT DIRECTX TEAM

CAME UP WITH AN IDEA FOR A NEW GAME

CONSOLE AND CALLED IT THE DIRECTXBOX.

IT WAS THEN SHORTENED TO XBOX