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Inside Out, Microsoft--In Our Own Words Fact Sheet: The book "Inside Out, Microsoft--In Our Own Words" was created to celebrate Microsoft Corp.'s 25th anniversary. It is a commemoration of the company's history and an exciting look ahead to the amazing te
The book "Inside Out, Microsoft--In Our Own Words" was created to celebrate Microsoft Corp.'s 25th anniversary. It is a commemoration of the company's history and an exciting look ahead to the amazing technological opportunities of the future. What:The book "Inside Out, Microsoft--In Our Own ...
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Microsoft: Expect Fewer Phones with Windows
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Microsoft Betting Big on 'Touch'
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WTF? Origins of Five Popular Web 2.0 Terms
ReadWriteWeb — ... You often hear about technology companies "eating their own dogfood," which means using their own software to get work done. According to the book Inside Out: Microsoft in Our Own Words, the phrase came from Microsoft's Paul Maritz. Maritz had seen an Alpo dog food commercial where actor Lorne Greene told viewers that Alpo was so good he...fed it to his own dogs! Neither Greene nor Maritz apparently ate dogfood themselves, but Maritz did use the phrase in an email calling for Microsoft workers to use their own products more. ...

Eating Our Own Dogfood
Geek In Disguise — ... You often hear about technology companies "eating their own dogfood," which means using their own software to get work done. According to the book Inside Out: Microsoft in Our Own Words, the phrase came from Microsoft's Paul Maritz. Maritz had seen an Alpo dog food commercial where actor Lorne Greene told viewers that Alpo was so good he...fed it to his own dogs! Neither Greene nor Maritz apparently ate dogfood themselves, but Maritz did use the phrase in an email calling for Microsoft workers to use their own products more. ...

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