well , i guess you can ask his wife for a not so "solid" answer.
2006-10-19 00:34:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
After reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated the Altair 8800, Gates called MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems), the creators of the new microcomputer, to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform.[18] In reality, Gates and Allen did not have an Altair and had not written code for it; they merely wanted to gauge Dr. Ed Roberts's interest. Roberts agreed to meet them for a demo, and over the course of a few weeks they developed an Altair emulator that ran on a minicomputer, and then the BASIC interpreter. The demonstration, held at MITS's offices in Albuquerque, was a success and resulted in a deal with MITS to distribute the interpreter as Altair BASIC. Gates took a leave of absence from Harvard to work with Allen at MITS, and they dubbed their partnership Micro-Soft.[19]
2006-10-19 00:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by claire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hes cheaper than IBM
2016-05-22 01:39:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT is named "MICROSOFT" because the software he is writing for the micro computers.
So it is named as "Microsoft"
2006-10-19 00:43:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hee Hee when you think about it it means tiny and flaccid-giggle!
2006-10-19 00:44:06 · answer #4 · answered by Charlotte C 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he wanted it small and easy;
but it turned out big and complex!
2006-10-19 01:50:05 · answer #5 · answered by ekduin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I haven't....but you got me wondering now.
2006-10-19 00:45:54 · answer #6 · answered by R W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe he has a small penis and is impotent lol
2006-10-19 00:48:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-10-19 00:37:30 · answer #8 · answered by saumitra s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.........................because he likes the name
2006-10-19 01:00:15 · answer #9 · answered by I'll help you_now 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋