[CS-FSLUG] NI: Getting a handle on Windows Vista

[Fred A. Miller]

On Tuesday 26 July 2005 6:53 pm, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> > Playing "devil's advocate," the author might not have known. You don't
> > expect anyone at MickySoft to be honest, do you? :)
>
> <rant>
> This sort of thing is truly obnoxious, Fred.  I know some MS people, and
> know them to be dedicated, skilled programmers.  I've coded using
> Microsoft's libraries, and the ones I used had alot of good ideas in
> them, and would have been truly glorious, had they been completed.

So what? They aren't Gates or Ballmer who happen to be the "main" mouth pieces 
at M$ and have lied more often than not. Sorry you find it obnoxious, but I 
stand by what I said.

> The average programmer at MS is VERY good at his job (they'd have to be,
> to get through the interview process).  The problem is that it's not the
> programmers and testers who decide when the product gets shipped, it's
> the advertisers and the accountants.  It is also the advertisers and the
> accountants that set the business model you hate so much.
>
> Basically, Fred, be a little bit more discriminating when you bash
> people you don't know for things you don't know anything about.

Why? Those who are at the forefront at MickySoft are WELL KNOWN to NOT tell 
the truth unless it serves their purpose. The press doesn't talk to 
programmers, as they aren't allowed to. So, I'll stand by what I said.....it 
was and still is the truth.

Fred

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