Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

MSFT Reaches Out To Hackers: 'Do Epic $#!+'

Posted by timothy on from the and-then-shut-the-garage-door dept.

hessian writes "Microsoft isn't exactly known for its underground hacker culture, but a recent effort to give its employees more slack is generating some wild experiments. Last summer, Microsoft completed a redesign of one of its original buildings on campus — Building 4, where Bill Gates' office used to be — into a laid-back workshop where staff can tinker with things. It's open to anyone, anytime, and it's got everything from a hardware workshop to an actual working garage door. If it doesn't sound to you like something Microsoft would normally do , the Garage's motto will really shock you: 'Do epic s--t.'"

7 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. uh oh by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Microsoft doesn't bleep out the 'shit', but Slashdot does (in two different ways?), does this mean MSFT is "hipper" than /. now?

    --
    10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
    1. Re:uh oh by kwark · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thanks for the link, it thought it was perl code before your hint.

    2. Re:uh oh by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 4, Funny

      Its educational - they not only learn there ARE bad words, they get to figure out what they are!

      --
      Sent from my ASR33 using ASCII
    3. Re:uh oh by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

      If Microsoft doesn't bleep out the 'shit', but Slashdot does (in two different ways?), does this mean MSFT is "hipper" than /. now?

      Indeed, they are; I've even heard that they are actually seriously considering a change of name from "Microsoft" to "Micros#%t" as part of becoming even hipper.

      --
      Ezekiel 23:20
    4. Re:uh oh by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The printed motto might be 'Do epic shit', but what they really mean is "Please do epic shit with Windows"

      --
      Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
  2. Re:They forgot the second part by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then again, the reviews suggest Windows 8 ACTUALLY IS epic $#!+, and probably will bankrupt the company as a direct result of this situation.

    --
    Sent from my ASR33 using ASCII
  3. "make mobile payments with just their bodies" ...? by drkim · · Score: 5, Funny

    I liked the line in the original article:

    one Microsoft Office developer is currently working in the Garage on a tool allowing people to make mobile payments with just their bodies.

    I think this already goes on all over the world.
    http://www.theonion.com/articles/housewife-charged-in-sexforsecurity-scam,1773/