How did they come up with the name Microsoft?

Bill Gates didn't choose the name for Microsoft -- Paul Allen did. The story goes that Allen got himself a copy of the then-latest January 1, 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featuring a story on the debut of the MITS Altair 8800 kit. ... MICROSOFT is a portmanteau of the words "MICROprocessor" and "SOFTware." read more

Bill Gates didn't choose the name for Microsoft -- Paul Allen did. The story goes that Allen got himself a copy of the then-latest January 1, 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featuring a story on the debut of the MITS Altair 8800 kit. read more

Bill Gates did not come up with the name, it was his partner Paul Allen. It was originally called Micro-Soft, a shortened version of microprocessor and software. read more

Bill Gates did not make up the name Microsoft Word. It was one of his colleagues who thought of it. They had come up with the Word Processing program. read more