{"id":12453,"date":"2010-10-25T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2010\/10\/25\/belated-happy-first-birthday-windows-7\/"},"modified":"2010-10-25T07:00:01","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T07:00:01","slug":"belated-happy-first-birthday-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20101025-01\/?p=12453","title":{"rendered":"Belated happy first birthday, Windows 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nOn Friday, the marketing folks informed me that they\ndecided to put me on\n<a HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/careers\/en\/us\/home.aspx\">\nthe Microsoft Careers United States home page<\/a>\nin recognition of\n<a HREF=\"http:\/\/windowsteamblog.com\/windows\/b\/bloggingwindows\/archive\/2010\/10\/21\/celebrating-windows-7-at-1-year-more-than-240-million-licenses-sold.aspx\">\nWindows&nbsp;7&#8217;s first birthday<\/a>.\nIt&#8217;s an honor and to be honest a bit scary to be chosen\nto be the face of Windows on a day of such significance.\n(They told me that had narrowed it down to me and\n&#8220;some Director of Test&#8221;.\nSorry, Director of Test;\nmaybe they&#8217;ll pick you for Windows&nbsp;7&#8217;s second birthday.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI think my picture is still there (they didn&#8217;t tell me how\nlong it was going to be up),\nbut here&#8217;s a screen capture just to prove it to my relatives:\n<\/p>\n<p><a HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/careers\/en\/us\/home.aspx\">\n<img SRC=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/MSDNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/00\/29\/05\/4846.Win7Birthday.jpg\" ALT=\"Here's looking at you, kid.\" WIDTH=\"493\" HEIGHT=\"327\" BORDER=\"0\" usemap=\"#careersmap\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<map NAME=\"careersmap\">\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"268,3,401,16\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"304,57,487,71\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/search.aspx?dv=1016&amp;rg=US\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"47,71,96,90\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/careers\/en\/us\/meetmicrosoft.aspx\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"101,71,154,90\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/careers\/en\/us\/findyourfit.aspx\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"158,71,201,90\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/careers\/en\/us\/applynow.aspx\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"14,116,475,141\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/search.aspx?dv=1016&amp;rg=US\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"14,150,361,297\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/search.aspx?dv=1016&amp;rg=US\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"14,301,361,314\" HREF=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/presspass\/features\/2010\/oct10\/10-21win7oneyear.mspx?rss_fdn=Top%20Stories\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"370,151,475,190\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/careers\/EN\/US\/CollegeMBAHome.aspx\" \/>\n<area SHAPE=\"rect\" COORDS=\"370,306,475,327\" HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/careers\/EN\/US\/RetailStore.aspx\" \/>\n<\/map>\n<p>\n(Thank goodness they cropped out my withered hand.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI wondered what would happen if I clicked\n<a HREF=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/search.aspx?dv=1016&amp;rg=US\">\n<i>Find jobs like mine<\/i><\/a>.\nWhat did they consider to be jobs like mine?\nAlas, it just takes you to the job search page with no criteria filled in.\nMaybe every job at Microsoft is like mine?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOne of my colleagues teased me,\n&#8220;Did you really legally change your last name to <i>Windows<\/i>?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the marketing folks informed me that they decided to put me on the Microsoft Careers United States home page in recognition of Windows&nbsp;7&#8217;s first birthday. 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