Microsoftie

English Etymology en :af Microsoft -ie<id:diminutive> + 1 Noun en informal An employee of Microsoft. en Microsofter Softie en 1990 The Economist Craig Mundie, the software giant's chief technical officer, is not a typical Microsoftie. en 2002 David F D'Alessandro; Michele Owens Brand Warfare An ex-Microsoftie named Alex St. John, who founded a company called WildTangent, put it this way, "I couldn't be better equipped to run a company." en 2008 Chuck Sphar; Stephen Randy Davis C# 2008 for Dummies This style of naming variables was called Hungarian notation, after Charles Simonyi, a famous Microsoftie who recently went to the International Space Station as a space tourist. en-US https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/goodbye-github/ Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️ The GitHub Blog 2025-08-11 2025-08-12 Thomas Dohmke In the years since, I’ve had the privilege of working with many exceptional human beings, including Hubbers, Microsofties, customers, partners, our GitHub Stars, open-source maintainers, and developers around the world who’ve helped us shape GitHub. https://web.archive.org/web/20260813092310/https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/goodbye-github/ 13 August 2026 en Microsoft