Microsofter

English

Etymology

From Microsoft +‎ -er.

Noun

Microsofter (plural Microsofters)

1. An employee of Microsoft.

   Synonym: (slang) Softie

   • 1984, InfoWorld‎^[1], volume 6, page 21:

     A Microsofter revealed the real reason for the party to a reporter: “We were trying to figure out how to get our name out there even if we weren’t at the Faire […]”

   • 1995 November 13, Michael Krantz, “The Great Manhattan Geek Rush of 1995”, in New York, pages 41–42:

     Her most notable meeting, she recalls with still-fresh amazement, took place recently with a roomful of Microsofters. The House Gates Built, she recalls, was looking for “a sense of community” for the Microsoft Network.

   • 2017 September 30, Ben Hoyle, “Satya Nadella: the man who rebooted Microsoft”, in The Times‎^[2]:

     Later in the day, I’m sitting in a large marquee with 1,000 wildly overexcited Microsoft interns for the monthly company meeting. Brilliant young aspiring Microsofters queue in two lines to fire a series of fantastically unpredictable questions at Nadella.

2. (informal) A supporter or user of Microsoft products.

   Antonym: anti-Microsofter

   • 1998, Dick Oliver, “Setting Pages in Motion with Dynamic HTML”, in Sams Teach Yourself Html 4 in 24 Hours, 3rd edition, Indianapolis, IN: Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 309:

     If you give the makeName function in Figure 20.1 the name "intro", it will give you back either "document.intro" or "document.all.intro.style", depending on which browser you are using. If you put this result to refer to a layer, it works nicely for Netscapians and Microsofters alike.

   • 2000 April 1, John Turton, “Re: Petrol”, in uk.transport‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Upside down posters are virtually always Microsofters and/or newbies. Try not to tar yourself.

   • 2008 January 20, TJ, “Re: How to migrate Windows XP?”, in 24hoursupport.helpdesk‎^[4] (Usenet):

     With Windows XP, if Microsoft decides they no longer want it supported, they will simply rescind all permission to use it. The Model T will work without Ford's permission, but XP (and Vista) won't work unless Microsoft says it's OK. And Microsoft will pull that permission, sooner or later. The signs are all there, even if the devout Microsofters can't see them.