MSFT Launches Discrimination Campaign Against #13

It's a life changing philosophical concept you should be paying your months'
earnings for. WOW these Office types are really serious 'bout their
software.

CH


"Jack Spammer" wrote in message
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If this is not spam then what is it?



Chad Harris wrote:

***MSFT is Discriminating against the # 13***:

Is there no Building #13 on the Redmond Campus?

What's all this discrimination against the #13 on the part of big ole
MSFT?

Is big bad MSFT Redmond Marketers done got sckeeered of lil ol #13?

I done noticed today a whole passle 'o articles on the coming Office 14.
How it done got a full complement of MDM aka Master Data Management in
its
CTP comin' first quarter of 2008. It sure seems like Office 2007
released
not to long ago which was Office 12. Master data management is
technology
that allows for the management of common reference data across disparate
IT
systems or groups. So what's up with ole intrpepid MSFT? Has their
marketers done got afraid of lil ol #13? I know about the Beta of 12. I
know 12 released. Did they slip 13 onto the market and beta it lightning
quick and I done missed it?

A New Hint of What's Coming (and when) in Office 14
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=728

What is MDM
http://blogs.technet.com/patricg/arc...anagement.aspx

MSFT Acquires Stratature
http://www.stratature.com/tabid/260/default.aspx

CH

It's also terribly relevant that MSFT just announced that Steve Ballmer's
pay package for 2007 is valued at $1.3 million, so obviously some Softies
aren't afraid of the #13 when it's green paper.

Microsoft awards CEO Ballmer pay package valued at $1.3 million
http://bink.nu/news/microsoft-awards...3-million.aspx

CH


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Hey, you've been peeking!

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After furious head scratching, Chad Harris wrote:

| It's people like you who give me a reason to go on Milly--with #13 on
| your licensce plate and that cute little #13 tattoo you have.
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| CH
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| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| wrote in message
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|| Hey buddy - this is the 13th time I have responded to you - don't
|| make me have to do it again! eg
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
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|| After furious head scratching, Chad Harris wrote:
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||| ***MSFT is Discriminating against the # 13***:
|||
||| Is there no Building #13 on the Redmond Campus?
|||
||| What's all this discrimination against the #13 on the part of big
||| ole MSFT?
|||
||| Is big bad MSFT Redmond Marketers done got sckeeered of lil ol #13?
|||
||| I done noticed today a whole passle 'o articles on the coming Office
||| 14. How it done got a full complement of MDM aka Master Data
||| Management in its CTP comin' first quarter of 2008. It sure seems
||| like Office 2007 released not to long ago which was Office 12.
||| Master data management is technology that allows for the management
||| of common reference data across disparate IT systems or groups. So
||| what's up with ole intrpepid MSFT? Has their marketers done got
||| afraid of lil ol #13? I know about the Beta of 12. I know 12
||| released. Did they slip 13 onto the market and beta it lightning
||| quick and I done missed it?
|||
|||
||| A New Hint of What's Coming (and when) in Office 14
||| http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=728
|||
||| What is MDM
|||
||
http://blogs.technet.com/patricg/arc...anagement.aspx
|||
||| MSFT Acquires Stratature
||| http://www.stratature.com/tabid/260/default.aspx
|||
||| CH

While I realize you are joking, I believe the reason they are going from
Office 12 to Office 14 is due to a internal poll. So no discrimination
involved, just a little fun. :-)

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"Chad Harris" vistaneedsmuchowork.net wrote in message
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I done noticed today a whole passle 'o articles on the coming Office 14.
How it done got a full complement of MDM aka Master Data Management in its
CTP comin' first quarter of 2008. It sure seems like Office 2007 released
not to long ago which was Office 12. Master data management is technology
that allows for the management of common reference data across disparate
IT
systems or groups. So what's up with ole intrpepid MSFT? Has their
marketers done got afraid of lil ol #13? I know about the Beta of 12. I
know 12 released. Did they slip 13 onto the market and beta it lightning
quick and I done missed it?

Chad Harris wrote:
Hi James--

I could understand if they were selling condos in a mixed
use building in downtown Seattle and they chose not to have a 13th
floor

That would be a good trick? I didn't think building science had got that
far?

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Most hotels and many other public buildings don't have a floor *numbered*
13. There is a thirteenth floor, of course, but it's numbered 14.

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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Chad Harris wrote:
Hi James--

I could understand if they were selling condos in a mixed
use building in downtown Seattle and they chose not to have a 13th
floor

That would be a good trick? I didn't think building science had got that
far?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

Does this mean that people who are superstitious cannot count?

13 has always been lucky for me - many of the most important milestones in
my life have occurred on the 13th of the month
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Most hotels and many other public buildings don't have a floor
*numbered*
13. There is a thirteenth floor, of course, but it's numbered 14.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Chad Harris wrote:
Hi James--

I could understand if they were selling condos in a mixed
use building in downtown Seattle and they chose not to have a 13th
floor

That would be a good trick? I didn't think building science had got
that far?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

You just proved that it is all a load of baloney. If we had decided to have
10 day weeks and 10 day months instead of 7/30 days, there never be a Friday
13th. Add if we had learnt to count in Hexadecimal, there would never be a
13 at all.

Terry (soon to be 5*13 years old: should I be worried?)

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Does this mean that people who are superstitious cannot count?

13 has always been lucky for me - many of the most important milestones in
my life have occurred on the 13th of the month
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Most hotels and many other public buildings don't have a floor
*numbered*
13. There is a thirteenth floor, of course, but it's numbered 14.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Chad Harris wrote:
Hi James--

I could understand if they were selling condos in a mixed
use building in downtown Seattle and they chose not to have a 13th
floor

That would be a good trick? I didn't think building science had got
that far?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

Only 4.6153846153846153846153846153846 * 13 years old so not worried at all

Superstition I can discount - coincidence is another matter

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Terry Farrell wrote:
You just proved that it is all a load of baloney. If we had decided
to have 10 day weeks and 10 day months instead of 7/30 days, there
never be a Friday 13th. Add if we had learnt to count in Hexadecimal,
there would never be a 13 at all.

Terry (soon to be 5*13 years old: should I be worried?)

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Does this mean that people who are superstitious cannot count?

13 has always been lucky for me - many of the most important
milestones in my life have occurred on the 13th of the month
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Most hotels and many other public buildings don't have a floor
*numbered*
13. There is a thirteenth floor, of course, but it's numbered 14.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Chad Harris wrote:
Hi James--

I could understand if they were selling condos in a mixed
use building in downtown Seattle and they chose not to have a 13th
floor

That would be a good trick? I didn't think building science had got
that far?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org

Well, I just noticed in the real estate news yesterday that a law firm
Barney has been consulting for are moving their offices to the 13th floor of
a new office tower in Mobile, so apparently RSA (Retirement Systems of
Alabama, which built the skyscraper, which looks like a short Chrysler
Building) is not superstitious. g

I have no feelings about thirteen one way or another. Obviously it's a
problem at dining tables designed to seat twelve, but aside from that, I'm
neutral. Which is not to say that we don't notice it: Barney will invariably
remark, "Well, Friday the Thirteenth comes on a Thursday this month." (Quote
from Pogo IIRC.)

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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Does this mean that people who are superstitious cannot count?

13 has always been lucky for me - many of the most important milestones in
my life have occurred on the 13th of the month
--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
Most hotels and many other public buildings don't have a floor
*numbered*
13. There is a thirteenth floor, of course, but it's numbered 14.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Chad Harris wrote:
Hi James--

I could understand if they were selling condos in a mixed
use building in downtown Seattle and they chose not to have a 13th
floor

That would be a good trick? I didn't think building science had got
that far?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org