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A Press Junket To Redmond

Posted by kdawson on from the belly-of-the-beast dept.

christian.einfeldt writes "Our very own Roblimo Miller was invited to an all-expenses-paid tour of the Microsoft campus because he is supposedly 'not friendly' to Microsoft. Writes Roblimo: 'I came away with a sense that Microsoft doesn't currently have a clear sense of what Microsoft should be and where Microsoft should be going... I also think, from what I heard during my visit and what other Microsoft employees and customers have told me at other times, that it has degenerated into a series of disconnected fiefdoms that aren't all moving in the same direction.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

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  1. I need a plane ticket to Redmond by gregleimbeck · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck Micro$oft!!!!!11!

    --

    P.S.,

    This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.

  2. You forgot one bit by bogaboga · · Score: 0, Troll
    'I came away with a sense that Microsoft doesn't currently have a clear sense of what Microsoft should be and where Microsoft should be going...

    You forgot one very important bit; that statement above should have read:

    'I came away with a sense that Microsoft doesn't currently have a clear sense of what Microsoft should be and where Microsoft should be going in my not so humble opinion...'(emphasis mine)

  3. Uh.... by andreyw · · Score: -1, Troll

    *cough*, wow, you know Rob... you didn't have to fawn over Microsoft for having provided you with a trip to their campus.... but neither did you have to be such an ass about it either. Seriously. They didn't have to do this. They chose to do it to give a sense to you, Rob, that They're Human Beings Too. If I could summarize your article in one sentence, it would be "blah blah blah Microsoft is teh suck." I expected a little more...

  4. Re:We're listening by geekoid · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your listening, but you all hear something different.

    "Microsoft has much less red tape than other companies I have worked for. "

    I know people who have worked in managment, software engineers, and contractors. All of them have a completly opposite story.

    I wonder how many companies you have worked for?

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    The Kruger Dunning explains most post on /. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
  5. iPod, Zune by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 1, Troll
    Apropos of anything else, what a stupid remark by roblimo about the Zune and Sourceforge projects for it. He mentions "136 projects for the iPod, 0 for the Zune".

    Gee, uhh, Rob, pop quiz:

    Which item has been around for OVER FIVE YEARS , and which was launched TWO WEEKS AGO ?!?

  6. Re:What's really funny. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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