News Clips

Microsoft Catches Intruders
     Earlier this week, a Microsoft security guard caught two non-Microsoft employees playing volleyball on our campus volleyball court and asked them to leave the premises.
     When asked by a fellow employee how he knew that the two were not Microsoft employees, the guard replied:
     "They had tans."

National Standard's Day(s)
from Open Systems Today, October 31, 1994
"(T)he International Standards Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) designated Oct. 14 as World Standards Day to recognize those volunteers who have worked hard to define international standards... The United States celebrated World Standards Day on Oct. 11; Finland celebrated on Oct. 13; and Italy celebrated on Oct. 18."