The prodigy named Bill Gates and his friend Paul Allen created the first computer language for a PC in 1975 and named it BASIC. First Microsoft logo with a disco flavor (kind of) is reminiscent of 70s and 80s. That year itself the logo was discarded for green new one and with all uppercase letters which had some trick on the letter “O.” The employees called it as “Bibbet,” it is believed that then Microsoft cafeteria used to serve double cheeseburger named “”Blibbet Burger.” (More about Microsoft product logos)
The logo ran for 12 years and employees used to love it. In 1987, when the company wanted to change it, employees even ran campaign to “Save the Bibbet.” The logo, however, got an adieu and a new logo by Scott Baker was born. Due to the distinctive cut in the “O,” it was called “the Pacman Logo.” According to the March 1987 Computer Reseller News Magazine, “The new logo, in Helvetica italic typeface, has a slash between the o and s to emphasize the “soft” part of the name and convey motion and speed.”
In 1994 a tagline was added ‘Where do you want to go today?’ within it, kind of stabilized the design, no major development on the logo occurred after that. The taglines was changed in 2006 with a new one, “Your potential. Our passion”
