According to Wikipedia (lol) GW stands for either Greg Whitten the developer (plausible!), Gates-Whitten (developed at MS and Gates being Gates tossed his name on it) or "Gee-Whiz" (nahhh).
Point is growing up we were always taught it stood for George Washington. I'd completely forgotten about this until this post.
Gorilla.bas FTW. 😎
Also fun fact. Qbasic, son of GW-Basic.
According to Wikipedia (lol) GW stands for either Greg Whitten the developer (plausible!), Gates-Whitten (developed at MS and Gates being Gates tossed his name on it) or "Gee-Whiz" (nahhh).
Point is growing up we were always taught it stood for George Washington. I'd completely forgotten about this until this post.
Just a weird tidbit.
Fun post, OP.
Thanks for sharing! The nostalgia is deep with that one too. GWB. Food for thought.