Who am I?
Question:
This is the logo of what company?
Answer: Silicon Graphics (SGI)
Add comment February 29th, 2008
Archive for February, 2008
This is the logo of what company?
Answer: Silicon Graphics (SGI)
GNU generation
Question: What operating system is "The choice of a GNU generation"?
- AIX
- Mach
- Xenix
- Linux
Answer: Linux
Add comment February 28th, 2008
Back in the USSR
Question: Name the first entertainment software imported from the Soviet Union.
Answer: Tetris
Add comment February 27th, 2008
Memphis
Question: "Memphis" was Microsoft's code name for…
- Windows 3.1
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4
Answer: Windows 98
Add comment February 26th, 2008
Penalty for early withdrawal
Question: In 1989, Apple Computer was planning an online service called AppleLink Personal Edition. At the last minute, Apple withdrew from the deal, leaving the software developer with most of the software to create an online service, but no one to buy it. The developer decided to to roll out the service on its own, under the name
- America Online
- CompuServe
- eWorld
- Prodigy
Answer: America Online
The developer was then known as Quantum Computer Services
Add comment February 25th, 2008
Have you seen me?
Question:
This was the logo of what company?
Answer: Lucent
Add comment February 24th, 2008
Start Me Up
Question: How much did Microsoft reportedly pay to use the Rolling Stones song Start Me Up in promotions for Windows 95?
- $2.5 million
- $12 million
- $50 million
- nothing: the song was in the public domain
Answer: $12 million
When Microsoft approached Mick Jagger, he requested a ludicrous amount of money thinking they would turn him down. To his surprise, the company agreed almost immediately.
Add comment February 23rd, 2008
Not so much
Question: Complete this quote from Bill Gates: "______ ought to be enough for anybody."
- 256 K
- 640 K
- A 20 MB hard drive
- A command-line OS
Answer: 640 K
Gates made the statement in 1991.
Add comment February 22nd, 2008
Dear Bill…
Question: In July 1995, Bob Massey (CompuServe's chief executive officer); Steve Case (America Online's CEO), and Edward Bennett (Prodigy's CEO) penned and signed a letter to Microsoft CEO Bill Gates urging him to…
- price Microsoft Network with an hourly, rather than a flat, rate
- report honestly to the media the number of Microsoft Network subscribers
- unbundle Microsoft Network from Windows 95
- stay out of the online service business
Answer: unbundle Microsoft Network from Windows 95
Add comment February 21st, 2008
Beginnings
Question: The Traf-O-Data company created and marketed an 8008-based hardware/software system for recording automobile traffic flow on the highway. Who started the company?
- Paul Allen and Bill Gates
- Marc Andreessen
- Larry Ellison
- Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
Answer: Paul Allen and Bill Gates
Add comment February 20th, 2008