21 things you may not know about Microsoft & Bill Gates

Bill Gates is probably not only one of the richest people on the planet, he is also known as the most powerful man, has changed the world.In parallel with the life of Bill Gates, we can not help mentioning Microsoft - One of the technology companies redefining the world.Both of these names are inherently famous and nothing strange to us.However, I'm sure there will still be some interesting facts that you don't know about Microsoft & Bill Gates, let's see what those facts are!

1. Microsoft was originally called Micro-Soft - a combination of reading concepts in computers (microcomputers) and software (software).

2. Micro-Soft was officially opened in 1976. When a gallon of gasoline cost only 0.59 dollars, Gerald Ford is still the president of the United States, and New York City is being persecuted by David. Berkowitz.

3. Micro-Soft later changed its name to Microsoft in 1979. The truth is that this company was founded by Bill Gates along with his high school friend Paul Allen, not just Bill Gates as many people think.

4. Microsoft is not the first co-operation of Bill Gates and Paul Allen.They used to embark on a complete computer to process data from compressed air flow meters in classic cars.This device is called Traf-O-Data.

5. In addition to the reputation Bill Gates left in the transport sector (creating the Traf-O-Data computer), he also has many "seals" in this area, for example, being arrested twice in 1975 and 1977 because of various violations during traffic.

6. Microsoft's initial goal is not to develop the operating system.The company's first products were versions of a programming language called Microsoft BASIC.

7. The popular Apple II computers and Commodore 64 used to use Microsoft BASIC versions, and of course, these versions are licensed and refined for those devices.

8. The first operating system released by Microsoft is a version of the UNIX open source operating system.It was called Xenix and was officially introduced in 1980

9. Microsoft just actually started the Windows 1.0 project in 1983, and released it in 1985. However, Windows 1.0 is still not a true operating system.Arguably the first version of the Windows operating system was a small part developed from the MS-DOS operating system.

10. The Blue Screen of Death - the name given to the blue screen error you often see after a major error in Windows, is in fact not actually derived from Windows - it is seen. first time in OS / 2 operating system.

11. Not only computers, all Windows-related devices can make blue screen errors, such as huge digital billboards, vending machines, or even ATMs.

12. You can even fake a blue screen error to prank friends.It was a real BSOD, but completely harmless.

13. In 1994, Bill Gates completed the acquisition of Leicester Codex - a collection of Leonardo da Vinci's works.And some of the pictures in this collection have been scanned and used as images in screensavers on Microsoft Plus!for Windows 95 CD.

14. Bill Gates was voted one of the 50 "Most Qualified Bachelor" of Good Housekeeping magazine in 1985. At that time he was only 28 years old.At that time, apart from Bill, there was only one young person who appeared on this list, Joe Montana.

15. Bill Gates is the richest person in the world, since 1993. In 1999, his property value exceeded $ 100 billion, a startling figure at the time, and even today.

16. Bill Gates is also one of the most generous people in the world.Bill and his wife, Melinda Gates, together ran the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Their final plan was to donate 95% of their assets to charities.

17. Bill Gates was named Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) by the Queen of England Elizabeth II.In addition to Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg is the second American to receive this honorary title.

18. The Eristalis gatesi, a new fly found only in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, is named after Bill Gates.

19. It is true that Bill Gates left Harvard University in the early 70s. However, even though it was abandoned halfway through, technically Bill Gates still accumulated enough credits needed to graduate, and in in 2007, he was awarded the honorary doctorate of Harvard.

20. MS in MSNBC stands for Microsoft.NBC and Microsoft together formed MSNBC in 1996, but Microsoft sold their remaining shares in 2012.

21. Microsoft released Windows 7 in 2009, then Windows 8, and then Windows . 10. Windows 10?Yes, Microsoft has completely ignored Windows 9. In fact, Microsoft has not yet given the correct answer to users' questions, but some hypotheses have been put forward to explain the new name of Windows and everything is still being 'researched'.

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