Ten interesting things about Microsoft

Although Apple Mac sales are on the rise, Microsoft's Windows operating system is still the world's biggest PC market, according to Mashable, the U.S. Technology blog website. For this reason, Mashable lists 10 of anecdotes that Microsoft has not known about, including the name "Microsoft" was first mentioned in 1975, the employee's favorite food for pizza and the average age of Microsoft employees at 38 years.

Here are 10 interesting things that Mashable Microsoft does not know about:

"Microsoft" name first mentioned

In a letter written by Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, to another co-founder, Paul Allen, in 1975, Gates first Allen the name "Microsoft" (Micro-soft), meaning "microcomputers" ( Microcomputer) and "Software" (software), but its English name has a hyphen in the middle.

Gates and Alan were officially registered as "Microsoft" in 1976, when the company's English name was removed from the hyphen, which became "Microsoft" and registered in New Mexico, where Gates and Allen were working with Microsoft's first major customer, MITs. It was not until 1986 that Microsoft moved to the company's current headquarters: The City of Redmond, Washington, Redmond.

Since the creation of Microsoft, the company has also replaced the logo several times. In 1982, Microsoft unveiled the new logo, where the letter "O" is distinctive and is affectionately known as "Blibbet" by the company's employees. Scott Becker (Scott Baker) designed the current logo for Microsoft in 1987. In the new logo, the letter "O" in the lower right corner is cut off a bit, it looks like a PAC (Note: "Pac-Man" game), so also known as the "PAC logo."

"The Voice of Microsoft"

The boot music of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system, Eno by the British musician Brian Eno, is also known as the "Microsoft Voice". Enochian himself had cooperated with bands such as the Irish U2. In an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, he said the creation of a short boot music was "very interesting" and that the process was like making a small jewel.

At the site of the Windows 95 operating system, Microsoft used the "Start Me up" Song of the Rolling Stone (fellow stones) band. And Enochian himself, later also participated in the well-known game "Spore" (spore) related to the creation of music.

Employees like to eat pizza best

While there is no free food for employees like Google, Microsoft also provides free drinks to its employees, a huge expense for Microsoft every year. Microsoft employees like milk and OJ drinks best. There is also a free supply of sweets in the shuttle bus from Microsoft employees. Microsoft has about 35 cafeterias and has about 37,000 meals a day. Pizza is the most popular food in restaurants.

Using development code

Since Microsoft released its first operating system, the company has been assigning "development code" for Research and development projects (codename). The development code is not the official name of the project being developed, and the new name is often used after the product is officially released. The Wikipedia website lists the specific names of Microsoft's code that has been developed over the years. It is reported that Gates had planned to launch the Windows product in the name of "user Interface Manager" (Interface manager), but was discouraged by a Microsoft employee and changed his mind.

Microsoft's previous development code includes "Longhorn", "Lone Star" and "Vienna". Interestingly, the "Mojave" development code is actually meant to be a marketing campaign by Microsoft, which is designed to slow down the frustration of users after Vista is listed.

Average employee Age 38 years

Microsoft employees call themselves "softie", with an average age of 38 and an average employee earning 106,000 dollars a year. At present, Microsoft's global workforce is about 88,000, with more than 50,000 of US employees. In Microsoft's U.S. workforce, the ratio of male employees is 76%.

Employee celebrates work anniversary with M&m chocolate

Any company has its own tradition, and Microsoft is no exception. Microsoft employees have established the practice of sharing m&m chocolates with colleagues whenever they celebrate their anniversary of joining Microsoft.

Microsoft has split shares 9 times

Microsoft stock was listed in March 1986 and since then, Microsoft has split shares 9 times. The reason for the split is simple: Every time the shares are split, Microsoft shares have reached a high price. In Microsoft's 9 split, 6 times for a split two, 3 for a split three. By this reckoning, Microsoft's initial issue of each share is equivalent to the company's current 288 shares. Interestingly, Microsoft shares were initially priced at $21 per share, and the company's share price hovers around 23 dollars. Microsoft's initial release of each share to the present, the price should be more than 6000 U.S. dollars.

Microsoft collects a lot of artwork

Microsoft has a large collection of artworks from contemporary artists, including oil paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, art pictures, pottery and multimedia works. Among these artists are both well-known old artists and budding young artists. Microsoft has put the artwork on display in various parks. Microsoft believes that the placement of art works in the workplace is conducive to reducing staff pressure, improve work efficiency, and broaden the staff's work mentality.

Microsoft Interview Question Bizarre

In Microsoft's interview process for job-seekers, they often ask the candidate some bizarre questions. The Microsoft interview question, often cited by the media, is: "Why is the manhole cover round?" Whether or not Microsoft really asks candidates to answer the question, it is clear that Microsoft wants to recruit new people with ideas. Another report said that Google, in the process of interviewing new employees, also emulated Microsoft's approach.

Microsoft has more than 10,000 patents

Microsoft already has more than 10,000 patents. The company makes about 3,000 patent applications a year, ranked among the top 5 in the number of U.S. companies filing patent applications. Microsoft's patented technology is much related to software development, its NO. 5000 patent is related to the Microsoft Xbox 360 console, and the 10,000th patent is related to Microsoft Surface Touch screen computer. Microsoft has been encouraging employees to file patent applications. Microsoft will reward employees who have been granted patents.

Add a: The Microsoft campus lives a large number of rabbits

It is reported that the first people in the vicinity of the Microsoft Park abandoned some unwilling to raise rabbit pets, these rabbits survive in the Microsoft Park and breed in droves. A 1998 article in the Seattle Times said that not only is there a problem with the number of rabbits in the Microsoft campus, but some other local companies have suffered too.