Category: Technology Author : JR Posted: April 16, 2009
Tags : microsoft, microsoft bar, microsoft pub, microsoft spitfire, spitfire
Microsoft: Let the Drinking Begin
Microsoft is moving forward with plans to open a pub on its Redmond campus. The company has gone back-and-forth on the idea, first approving the idea, then suddenly changing its mind a week ago. Now, the bar is back on — and the booze is about to start flowing.
To clarify, Microsoft programmers won’t be pounding ‘em down around the clock. The new on-campus pub, called Spitfire, will serve alcohol only after 3 p.m. and only to visitors who are part of “scheduled gatherings and catered events,” according to Seattle tech site TechFlash. Those restrictions are evidently part of a “compromise” that convinced the powers-that-be to go ahead with the deal.
Spitfire is set to open by the end of the month. It’ll also be open for (alcohol-free) lunches for all Microsoft employees and visitors.





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Apr 16, 2009
Over a decade ago, I went on a business trip to South Africa to visit a system integrator there. After our meetings, we adjourned to the on-site pub. Definitely a different culture than U.S. corporations.
Apr 19, 2009
The puritan vibe is probably the governing factor. Other than Islamic countries, I wonder if any country other than the United States has ever tried alcohol Prohibition.