ZIP folders were originally a Microsoft engineer s side hustle until bosses figured out he worked for Microsoft
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Richard Speed Mon 11 Jan 2021 // 21:04 UTC Share
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In brief Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer uploaded another Windows war story to his YouTube channel over the weekend, this time concerning the history of the handy zip folder functionality that has been a feature of the Windows shell over recent decades.
Plummer said that having made a few dollars selling software of his own (notably the Amiga HyperCache) he d asked for a moonlighting clause to be added to his Microsoft contract to allow him to continue selling his wares.
Microsoft said Healthcare Bot’s migration to Azure would further enable organizations to leverage Azure’s enhanced tooling, security, and compliance offerings. Azure Health Bot combines built-in medical databases with natural language capabilities to understand clinical terminology, and organizations can easily customize it to support clinical and operational use cases.
Furthermore, developers in the health care industries can use the platform to build and deploy AI-powered and HIPPA-compliant conversational health care experiences at scale. Health care providers can migrate from Microsoft Healthcare Bot to Azure Health Bot with minimal operator intervention and no downtime.
Lastly, as a native Azure service, Azure Health Bot benefits from Azure’s security investments, including the most comprehensive compliance coverage of any cloud service provider. Customers can use standard Azure management tools that come with an assurance of 99.9% SLA. While currently available in