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minus-squareQuereller@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIt only recently occurred to me the literal meaning of floppy vs. hard disk and the distinction between soft-, firm- and hardware.
minus-squareLupus108@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoI thought they were called floppy because of those old ones that were you know… Floppy, in difference to the hard disks inside the tower.
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWait until you hear why Bill Gates called the company “Micro-soft”…
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoGates didn’t name it AFAIK. From wikipedia: “Allen came up with the original name of Micro-Soft, a portmanteau of microcomputer and software. Hyphenated in its early incarnations,”
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoGuess I’ll have to tell it… After Bill and Melinda Gates have their honeymoon, Melinda turns and says, “Now I know why you call it Micro-Soft”. 🥁🛎️
minus-squareVodulas [they/them]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoAh, just a bad dick joke. Got ya.
It only recently occurred to me the literal meaning of floppy vs. hard disk and the distinction between soft-, firm- and hardware.
I thought they were called floppy because of those old ones that were you know… Floppy, in difference to the hard disks inside the tower.
Wait until you hear why Bill Gates called the company “Micro-soft”…
Gates didn’t name it AFAIK. From wikipedia: “Allen came up with the original name of Micro-Soft, a portmanteau of microcomputer and software. Hyphenated in its early incarnations,”
Guess I’ll have to tell it…
After Bill and Melinda Gates have their honeymoon, Melinda turns and says, “Now I know why you call it Micro-Soft”.
🥁🛎️
Ah, just a bad dick joke. Got ya.