- The first Operation System Microsoft coded was Xenix, which was a version of UNIX under a different name.
- Bill Gates wrote a class scheduling program for his school. He tweaked the program’s code so that he was placed in classes with mostly female students.
- Microsoft has around 35 cafeterias serving around 37,000 people each day.
- Microsoft Research hosted more than 800 interns at its worldwide labs in 2011.
- Microsoft holds over 10,00 patents.
- The first Windows virus was called Winver 1.4.
- By April 2012, Microsoft had sold 67 million units of Xbox 360.
- Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpufMicrosoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was it's largest till date.
- Bill Gates became a billionaire at 31. He is now worth $76 billion.
- Microsoft has a reputation of asking weird questions during interviews like "Why is a man-hole covered?".Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpufMicrosoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpuf
Microsoft's 2011 acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion was its largest to date. - See more at: http://www.baselinemag.com/enterprise-apps/15-fast-facts-about-microsoft#sthash.CYVbyisb.dpuf
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Corporate : 10 things you didn't know about Microsoft
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