The Results are In

First we would like to thank all of you who participated in our Big 15 Quiz.  With your participation, more than $600.00 was raised for our charity of choice:  Jarrett’s Joy Cart.  After reviewing all of the answers submitted, we thought it would be nice to send out the correct answers along with some interesting trivia: How many 3.5” floppy disks did Office 95 come with? The answer is:  24 floppies.  This question can be a little misleading because Office 95 was offered on CDs as well.  However, it was an available option to get it on floppy disks.  We do remember visiting some customers that had these floppy disks.  We did a quick calculation, and do you realize that if Windows 7 came on floppy disk that it would take more than 2,000 disks? What was the name of the very annoying ‘Office Assistant’ shaped like a paperclip in the early versions of Office? The answer is:  Mr. Clippit.  However, he also had the nickname of “Clippy.”  This feature had to be one of the most annoying things that Microsoft ever added to their Office applications.  How many of you actually changed him to be the dog, cat, dot, or other icon because you got tired of the paperclip? Who was the most popular Internet Service Provider in 1995? The answer is:  AOL (America On Line).  AOL was by far the most popular ISP at the time.  It is a testament to AOL that they are still as popular as they are.  At one time they had more than 30 million users.  They have been dropping ever since and are currently at just over 4 million users today. What was the most common service and bandwidth speed back in 1995? The answer is:  Dial-up service at 56Kbps.  Could manufacturers possibly have made a more annoying sound than that of a dial-up connection?  Why couldn’t they make it a whistle sound to the tune of “Don’t Worry Be Happy”?  Hopefully there is no one reading this that still is using a dial-up Internet connection.  If so, PLEASE call us! What was the first musical video (MPEG) that came with Windows 95. The answer is:  “Buddy Holly” by Weezer.  This video featured “The Fonze” from the popular TV show “Happy Days.”  As a technician, this music video was how we would always check your video, sound and media player.  Here is a link to the video if you have never seen it. What was the song that Microsoft used to promote the release of Windows 95? The answer is:  “Start Me Up” by the Rolling Stones.  Here is the explanation of it by Wikipedia:  Microsoft Windows 95 was released with great fanfare, including a commercial featuring the Rolling Stones‘ 1981 single “Start Me Up” (a reference to the Start button)[7].  It was widely reported that Microsoft paid the Rolling Stones between $8 million and $14 million for the use of the song in the 1995 advertising campaign.  According to sources at Microsoft, however, this was just a rumor spread by the Stones to increase their market value, and Microsoft actually paid a fraction of that amount [8].  A 30-minute promotional video, labeled a “cyber sitcom,” featuring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, was also released to showcase the features of Windows 95.  Microsoft’s $300 million advertising campaign featured stories of people waiting in line outside stores to get a copy. Once again, we would like to express our gratitude to everyone for making OrLANtech the number one IT service provider in Central Florida for the past 15 years, and thank you for your participation with our Big 15 Quiz.  We hope you enjoyed your trip down memory lane.

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