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minus-squareQuereller@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIt only recently occurred to me the literal meaning of floppy vs. hard disk and the distinction between soft-, firm- and hardware.
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 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.
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.