A mole at Microsoft leaked the following internal
memo, apparently an in-house employee newsletter at Microsoft.
LOOK OUT MICROSOFT
Company and Employee News for Building 349
INTERNAL COMPANY USE ONLY...DO NOT FORWARD OR PRINT
Kudos to Marybelle K., who this week nailed her 12th compliance
violation with the W3C! "It was easy," Marybelle said. "All I had to do
was require users to have a Passport account!" Great Job, Marybelle,
keep up the good work. A box of chocolates (minus the usual gratuity to
yours truly) is on the way!
Nadine Harris wants to remind everyone that because of DOS (bleah!)
you are not to refer to submenu items by dividing items with a
forward-slash. This week's submenu symbol will be the underscore (_).
Any questions, be sure to ask Nadine, because I haven't got a clue!
The Mac Business Unit reports that their New Features Briefing for
the Windows team will be held in the auditorium behind Building Seven
this week as their usual venue has proven to be too small.
The IT department says that only midlevel managers will be upgrading
to XP this week. Floor-level workers will have to wait at least until
Service Pack 3 has been issued, according to Frank Moliere, so IT is
not overwhelmed with compatibility problems all at once.
If anyone knows what happened to the light-blue transparent coffee
maker in the break room, please let Nolan know ASAP. He misses his
little blue buddy!
Happy Birthday to Shawn F., who recently took a medical leave. As
you all know, Shawn works in the Backward Compatibility Resolution
Department, and those lucky ducks get one week out of every three off
for stress relief. We miss you, Shawn. Hurry back and get your cake
before it's all gone!
Michael Steadmore of the Innovation Tracking Group requests that if
you can positively identify a source of innovation in a Microsoft
product, you are still eligible for the $1,000 bonus Mr. Gates
announced last week. Mike says he's sorry, but you can't claim anything
that looks like one of those "irrelevant" operating systems. Mike's
still waiting. Send in your ideas now!
USER TIP OF THE WEEK:
This one's from Marty, who tells us to always remember to set
preferences for Microsoft Outlook Exchange via the Settings Application
rather than seeking to control things from within the Application
itself! Thanks, Marty!
Thanks to everyone for the user tips you've been sending in. Norris
Holbrook says we have so many efficiency tips collected we might turn
it into a book! Anyone know a good publisher? (Just kidding)
NEXT WEEK
Our newsletter will be renamed "XPectations" by order of the
GateKeeper himself. That's it for this week: And remember...!
"Developers, developers, developers!" (wink wink nudge nudge - you
know what I mean!)
sally
Jeff Adkins is a
science teacher who isn't afraid to state his preferences in computing
platforms. In his classroom he has everything from a Quadra 700 to a 500 MHz CD/R-CD/RW iMac,
and they all work together nicely. He also writes Mac Lab Report for Low
End Mac. and maintains a site for astronomy teachers at www.AstronomyTeacher.com.
