Microsoftie

English

Etymology

From Microsoft +‎ -ie.

Noun

Microsoftie (plural Microsofties)

  1. (informal) An employee of Microsoft.
    Synonyms: Microsofter, Softie
    • 1990, The Economist:
      Craig Mundie, the software giant's chief technical officer, is not a typical Microsoftie.
    • 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."
    • 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.
    • 2025 August 11, Thomas Dohmke, “Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️”, in The GitHub Blog‎[1], retrieved 12 August 2025:
      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.
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