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Microsoft shuts down its beloved maker space

Microsoft is closing down The Garage, a set of popular maker spaces where employees worked on experimental projects and collaborated on surprising new apps and hardware during the company's annual hackathon events. "We're winding down The Garage program as a centralized function," says Microsoft in...

Microsoft shuts down its beloved maker space
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at a hackathon event in 2016. | Image: Microsoft

Microsoft is closing down The Garage, a set of popular maker spaces where employees worked on experimental projects and collaborated on surprising new apps and hardware during the company's annual hackathon events.

"We're winding down The Garage program as a centralized function," says Microsoft in an internal FAQ to employees, seen by Notepad. "We will continue to explore new ways to help employees build skills, collaborate across boundaries, and bring a hacker mindset to their work." GeekWire first reported on The Garage's closure.

The main Garage space was located at Microsoft's Redmond, Washington, campus and served as the central hub …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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