#13 Microsoft originally named its operating system as “Interface Manager,” but marketing team felt "Windows" worked best.

#14 Joachim Kempin, former VP of Windows Sales, said that Microsoft had plans of acquiring SEGA, but the deal fell through because Bill Gates felt the gaming company didn’t have “enough muscle” to compete with Sony.

#15 Microsoft was incorporated with only three employees and $16,000 in the bank. By 2008, the company staffed close to 96,000 and racked up $60 billion in revenue.

#16 The Microsoft’s Research and Development division employs over 850 PhDs who work in 13 labs around the world and tackle 55 areas of R&D including hardware development, social computing, and algorithmic theories.

#17 Microsoft’s Word was originally developed for its own version of the Unix OS called Xenix, which was intended for use on microcomputers.

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