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Microsoft Slaps Its Most Valuable Professional

Posted by kdawson on from the schizophrenic-is-one-word-for-it dept.

Violent Offender writes with a touching story in The Register about Microsoft's awarding of its Most Valuable Professional credential to a British hobbyist, Jamie Cansdale, then turning around and threatening him with a lawsuit for the very software that won him the award. The article links to the amazing correspondence from Microsoft on Cansdale's site.

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  1. MS is on a roll... by mcmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    They did just go after this guy

    What are the odds?

    1. Re:MS is on a roll... by Anml4ixoye · · Score: 4, Funny

      No kidding. It must be awful to have two people, both developers, producing similar products, with the same name, both getting nastygrams from MS.

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    2. Re:MS is on a roll... by josepha48 · · Score: 4, Funny

      thanks, I thought I just saw this story the other day. Although I wasn't totally sure it was here or somewhere else. Good to know that /. has reruns. I guess this means if I miss a day of news I can get it a few days later :D

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    3. Re:MS is on a roll... by seaturnip · · Score: 5, Funny

      You must be new here.

      No wait, you have a 5-digit UID. Wha?

    4. Re:MS is on a roll... by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      You only see Slahsdot dupes if you are using Slashdot Express. The paid /. edition has no dupes.

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    5. Re:MS is on a roll... by Binestar · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey grandpa, how was slashdot on 300 baud? When I started we were all the way to 28800, about to switch to K56flex!

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    6. Re:MS is on a roll... by HBK-4G · · Score: 2, Funny

      You damn kids, we used Morse code over tin cans and string. Although we sometimes did get interference if somebody hung their clothes on the line to dry...

    7. Re:MS is on a roll... by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 2, Funny

      I happened to be looking over my 3-digit UID friend's shoulder when he was typing his password once. It's ********. Just don't tell anyone I told you.

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  2. Re:DUPE by omeomi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the editors just can't get enough of the guys who feel that their sole purpose in life is to point out Slashdot dupes, and the incredibly boring conversation about dupes one is forced to wade through just to get to the topical discussion...

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  3. No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    We don't need Linux. We need OLPC (One Lawyer Per Coder). :)

  4. Microsoft ad by architimmy · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's better is that when I viewed this story the ad was for Microsoft Visual Studio. Irony makes itself.

  5. Re:Mod me flamebait all you like by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    No kidding. I had an interview for a Microsoft job last week. The moral delimma was: do I sell out to the Evil Empire to advance my career, or do I stay true to myself to continue commenting on Microsoft-related stories on Slashdot? Tough one. But I didn't get the job.

  6. Re:Ballmer said it best... by Dogtanian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Indeed, this is why people dislike Microsoft's general attitude. It's like they have multiple personalities or something. Microsoft only has one true personality. All the others are just like attempts by the sleazy guy to convince the girl that he really loves her so that she'll sleep with him- and *then* he can dump her.

    Not that I'm suggesting that Steve Ballmer is literally trying to get developers to sleep with him, obviously. At least, not that I'm aware of...
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  7. I think the emails have some omissions... by jpellino · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe they left out the part where Weber says "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

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  8. Re:Using software *is* copying it by mfrank · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have a twelve year old install it on your computer. They can't enter a legal contract.