Logitech Ships One Billionth Mouse

Without them, we’d be navigating with the keyboard or entering commands in DOS– so it’s not entirely unbelievable that Logitech has officially shipped its billionth mouse. The company introduced its first retail mouse in 1985 and sold 500 million in the next eight years. Obviously, the use of computers has boomed since then, and so too has the use of mouses. (or is it mice?)

Logitech is celebrating with some history and fun facts (A billion mice, lined up end to end, would circle the world three times). They’ve also issued a three-page screed rejecting claims by Bill Gates and others that the mouse will soon be obsolete. Gentlemen, please. This is the time for celebration, after all. [logitech]