认为你对微软^(Microsoft)了如指掌？查看有关Microsoft^(Microsoft)的这些已知和鲜为人知的有趣事实。

微软琐事和趣事

1.微软^(Microsoft)这个词最初是比尔盖茨^{(Bill Gates)}在 1975 年给联合创始人保罗艾伦^{(Paul Allen)}的一封信中使用的。但是，比尔^(Bill)最初将其写为Micro-Soft。然而，微软公司^(Microsoft)（没有连字符）于1976 年 11 月^{(November 1976)}在新墨西哥州^{(New Mexico)}注册，保罗艾伦^{(Paul Allen)}和盖茨^(Gates)为他们的第一个大客户MITS工作的城市。微软^(Microsoft)直到1986 年才搬到华盛顿的^(Washington)雷德蒙德。^(Redmond)

2.不是每个人都能成为毕加索^{(Pablo Picasso)}。然而，人们可以有机会看到这些伟大而有才华的艺术家的作品。微软^(Microsoft)的人有点太幸运了，因为它是最大的企业艺术收藏家之一，其艺术博物馆收藏了超过 5,000 件当代艺术作品，如雕塑、纸上作品、绘画、照片、多媒体等。

3 、微软^(Microsoft)的盈利能力可以从1986年3月^{(March 1986)}上市后的9次拆分来看。当股票价格变得太高时，就会发生这种情况。

4. Softies（MS员工^{(MS Employees)}）发自内心地遵循“尽可能多地喝酒”。^(Drink)微软^(Microsoft)在园区内提供免费饮品，每年消费超过 2300 万杯饮品，其中牛奶^(Milk)和橙汁^(Orange)成为最受欢迎的饮品。35家微软自助餐厅^{(Microsoft Cafeterias)}每天为超过 38,000 人提供服务，其中披萨^(Pizza)是菜单上最受欢迎的项目。

5. 想象一下^(Imagine)诸如Interface Manager 98、Interface Manager 7等名称。好吧^(Well)，对于那些不知道的人来说，Interface Manager是^{(Interface Manager)}微软^(Microsoft)Windows 操作系统^{(Windows OS)}的实际名称，比尔·盖茨^{(Bill Gates)}曾计划以相同的名称发布它。然而，一位微软员工说服Windows是一个更好的名字。微软^(Microsoft)在发布产品之前为其产品采用了代号，其中包括Longhorn、Lone Star、Vienna和Project Natal。

6、一个公司拥有10000多项专利，每年新增3000项专利，这不是一个庞大的数字吗？微软^(Microsoft)是美国前 5 大专利拥有者之一。第 5,000 项专利属于Xbox 360技术，而第 10,000 项专利属于Microsoft Surface。如果相关专利获得成功，微软^(Microsoft)员工将获得 1,500 美元的奖金。

7. 微软^(Microsoft)拥有最多崩溃次数的可疑记录。据信，在过去的某个时间点，每天大约有 2500 万起车祸。

8.全球超过 75% 的计算机在Windows上运行。

9. Windows操作系统有 5000 万行代码（每行平均 60 个字符），每次发布都会增长 20% 。它由 7,200 人组成，提供 34 种语言，必须支持 190,000 种设备——不同型号的数码相机、打印机、手持设备等。

10.一些未见曙光且无法发布的Windows版本是：^(Windows)

• 1996 年5 月 3 日^{(May 3)}——Windows纳什维尔^{(Windows Nashville)}（Windows 96）
• 1997-1998 - Windows 开罗^{(Windows Cairo)}。（计划在Windows NT之后）
• 1999 年12 月——Windows 海王星^{(December – Windows Neptune)}。（应该是 Windows 2000 或Windows ME的继任者）

11. 微软^(Microsoft)以在面试中提出最奇怪的问题而闻名。微软^(Microsoft)被认为是为求职者进行最艰难和最艰苦的面试过程之一，它可能会突然问你“为什么井盖是圆形的？”。这些问题挑战了坐在桌子另一边的人们的创造性思维。

阅读^(Read)：Microsoft 停产了 50 多种产品。

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11 Interesting Microsoft Trivia

Τhink you know everything about Microsoft? Check out these known and lеsser-known intеresting facts about Microsoft.

Microsoft Trivia and Fun Facts

1. The word Microsoft was first used by Bill Gates in a letter to Paul Allen, co-founder back in 1975. But, Bill initially wrote it as Micro-Soft. However, the Microsoft company (without a hyphen) was registered in November 1976 in New Mexico, the city where Paul Allen and Gates were working for their first big customer, MITS. Microsoft only moved to Redmond, Washington only in 1986.

2. Not everyone can be a Pablo Picasso. However one can get a chance to see the works of such great and talented artists. And people at Microsoft are a tad too lucky for it is one of the biggest corporate art collectors with its art museums home to more than 5,000 pieces of contemporary art like sculptures, works on paper, paintings, photos, multimedia, etc.

3. Profitability of Microsoft can be gauged from the fact that after going public in March 1986, its stock had split 9 times. This happens when the price of a share becomes too high.

4. ‘Drink as much as you can’ is what Softies (MS Employees) follow from their heart. Microsoft offers free drinks inside the campus where more than 23 million drinks are consumed every year with Milk and Orange juice emerging as top favorites. The 35 Microsoft Cafeterias serve more than 38,000 people every day with Pizza being the most popular item on the menu.

5. Imagine names like Interface Manager 98, Interface Manager 7, etc. Well for those who do not know, Interface Manager was the actual name of Windows OS in Microsoft and Bill Gates had planned to release it under the same name. However, it took an MS employee to convince that Windows is a better name. Microsoft adopts code names for its products before releasing them with Longhorn, Lone Star, Vienna, and Project Natal being a few.

6. Isn’t it a huge number for a company to own more than 10000 patents and add 3000 patents every year? Microsoft is among the top 5 patent owners in the U.S. The 5,000th patent was for the Xbox 360 technology while the 10,000th patent was for Microsoft Surface. A $1,500 bonus is awarded to a Microsoft employee if the related patent is successful.

7. Microsoft owns a dubious record of having the most number of crashes. It is believed that at one point in time, there used to be around 25 million crashes every day.

8. More than 75% of computers worldwide run on Windows.

9. The Windows operating system has 50 million lines of code (a line averages 60 characters) and grows 20% with every release. It’s put together by 7,200 people, comes in 34 languages, and has to support 190,000 devices– different models of digital cameras, printers, hand-helds, and so on.

10. A few Windows versions which didn’t see the light of the day and couldn’t get released are:

• 1996 May 3 – Windows Nashville (Windows 96)
• 1997-1998 – Windows Cairo. (Planned after Windows NT)
• 1999 December – Windows Neptune. (Should have been the successor to Windows 2000 or Windows ME)

11. Microsoft has a reputation for asking the weirdest questions in a job interview. Considered to conduct one of the toughest and grueling interview processes for job-seekers, Microsoft can suddenly ask you “Why is a manhole cover round?”.  Such questions challenge the creative thinking of people on the other side of the table.

Read: Over 50 products discontinued by Microsoft.

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