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Miscellaneous => The Lounge => Topic started by: Jack2000 on 19 September 2005, 20:22

Title: Why R WA
Post by: Jack2000 on 19 September 2005, 20:22

Sory but why Redmond, WA (http://forumdisplay.php?f=21)
i mean is it becouse Redmon is a pun with Redneck or something
couse i don't get it ?

Title: Re: Why R WA
Post by: piratePenguin on 19 September 2005, 21:25

Is their HQ there or something?

Something like that.

Title: Re: Why R WA
Post by: worker201 on 19 September 2005, 21:33

Microsoft headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington, USA.  It's actually a beautiful place.  They have a little computer museum there, with an old Altair, and a piano controlled by Windows.  The computer history movie that they show is kinda MS biased, but that's to be expected.

One thing that no one has ever studied is how the geography of computer campuses has influenced computer goals.  Microsoft's campus is beautiful, with lots of trees.  Compaq is from Houston, in a lush, green, and disgustingly hot/humid environment.  Dell is from Austin, the most liberal city in Texas.  Apple grew up in Silicon Valley.  The first servers that became the backbone of ARPA were produced in New England, and designed at MIT.  I believe Novell is from Salt Lake City, Utah.  

I think it would be interesting to see a comparison between alpha bugs, beta bugs, ship bugs, local politics, temperature, and vegetation.

Title: Re: Why R WA
Post by: Refalm on 19 September 2005, 23:40

Arrrr, ye must know that thee Microsoft captain ship is at Redmond!

Let's enter the ship!

Title: Re: Why R WA
Post by: Kintaro on 20 September 2005, 18:57

The Googleplex makes the Microsoft Campus look like a joke.

FREE ICE CREAM!

I want to work at Google so I get fat.

Title: Re: Why R WA
Post by: Jack2000 on 20 September 2005, 21:53

:] yeah  M$


man i just love google

Title: Re: Why R WA
Post by: Kintaro on 21 September 2005, 05:08

Also redneck is not a pun of Redmond, Redman or something like that might be considered one.