Comments on: Microsoft’s Building 7: now you see it, now you don’t http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/ Jimmy Lin's blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:40:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: A follow-up on Microsoft’s campus » Miscellaneous and Useless Information http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 A follow-up on Microsoft’s campus » Miscellaneous and Useless Information Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:40:22 +0000 http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/#comment-1707 [...] three years ago, I blogged about Microsoft’s plans for a new West Campus. They finished last year, and I was impressed when I visited it a couple of weeks ago. The Commons [...] [...] three years ago, I blogged about Microsoft’s plans for a new West Campus. They finished last year, and I was impressed when I visited it a couple of weeks ago. The Commons [...]

]]> By: Jimmy http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Jimmy Sat, 31 May 2008 17:26:53 +0000 http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/#comment-680 Thanks for filling us in, Paul! (Whatever happened to your attractive date? :) ) Thanks for filling us in, Paul! (Whatever happened to your attractive date? :) )

]]> By: Paul Yao http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Paul Yao Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:28:38 +0000 http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/#comment-658 So what ever happened to Building 7? Here is the story that I heard from Bill Gates himself. I didn't ask the question, my very attractive date did -- at a launch party for OS/2, June 1988 if memory serves. Buildings 1-6 were all built using a technique that involved putting concrete under very high pressure. Before ground was broken for Bldg 7, there was an accident at a building site somewhere far away (Atlanta Georgia comes to mind for some reason). Because of that accident, the technique fell out of favor. Since plans for buildings 8 and 9 were already in the works, the never-ending building process on MS campus continued and never -- until recently -- revisited the idea of creating a building 7. I am somewhat relieved to find that the legacy of this "missing building" will continue, since it has long been a part of Microsoft lore. -- Paul Yao So what ever happened to Building 7? Here is the story that I heard from Bill Gates himself. I didn’t ask the question, my very attractive date did — at a launch party for OS/2, June 1988 if memory serves.

Buildings 1-6 were all built using a technique that involved putting concrete under very high pressure. Before ground was broken for Bldg 7, there was an accident at a building site somewhere far away (Atlanta Georgia comes to mind for some reason). Because of that accident, the technique fell out of favor.

Since plans for buildings 8 and 9 were already in the works, the never-ending building process on MS campus continued and never — until recently — revisited the idea of creating a building 7.

I am somewhat relieved to find that the legacy of this “missing building” will continue, since it has long been a part of Microsoft lore.

– Paul Yao

]]> By: Thomas Han http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Thomas Han Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:12:40 +0000 http://blog.jameslin.name/2007/12/28/microsofts-building-7-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/#comment-553 hey Jimmy, thx for the interesting factoid about no #7 bldg at MS :-) hey Jimmy, thx for the interesting factoid about no #7 bldg at MS :-)

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