Even if you work at MS you must be blind not to see why a lot of computer professionals have no trouble finding reasons to dislike MS products.
I do and yes - I can see many reasons. My concern is with the Slashdot community in general (expecially some of the folks who choose what gets 'published'). Microsoft invests hundreds of millions in research and development for the computer industry every year. Why aren't any of these efforts and initiatives posted to SlashDot? And what those 60 000 people do, or more to the point, what their executives do effects millions of people all over the world in a negative way
This is exactly the kind of comment I find at slashdot that seems so one-sided. Do you really think the executives and employees at Microsoft spend their days and nights trying to figure out how to effect people in a negative way?
I'm not even going to begin to try and defend Microsoft in this forumn. I do think, however, given the scope of Microsoft's influence in our industry (negative and positive), Slashdot should make more of an effort to exercise more impartial judgement on the way they post content.
IMHO, I think it's also time for many of the slashdotters out there to wake up to the fact that Microsoft is just not going away anytime soon.
Sure - honest evaluation and criticism is what makes SlashDot great, but blindly hating anything to do with Microsoft today is a little like blindly hating anything to do with IBM in the 60's and 70's
This isn't intended as flame bait and thanks for your earlier response.
There was a time when I actually liked slashdot.
Lately however, it's become so Anti-Microsoft - it's almost ridiculous.
Keep in mind that there are over 60 thousand employees at Microsoft. All of us have families and mortgages to pay just like you.
Oh yea - I keep forgetting - most slashdot readers are just a bunch of college kids anyway.
Someday - when you all enter the real world - you'll understand how great much (not all) of the Microsoft technology is and come over to the real world with the rest of us.
'Stuff that Matters' is really 'Stuff that gets me home to my family earlier'
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Resistance is futile - you will all be assimilated.
Even if you work at MS you must be blind not to see why a lot of computer professionals have no trouble finding reasons to dislike MS products.
I do and yes - I can see many reasons. My concern is with the Slashdot community in general (expecially some of the folks who choose what gets 'published').
Microsoft invests hundreds of millions in research and development for the computer industry every year. Why aren't any of these efforts and initiatives posted to SlashDot?
And what those 60 000 people do, or more to the point, what their executives do effects millions of people all over the world in a negative way This is exactly the kind of comment I find at slashdot that seems so one-sided. Do you really think the executives and employees at Microsoft spend their days and nights trying to figure out how to effect people in a negative way?
I'm not even going to begin to try and defend Microsoft in this forumn. I do think, however, given the scope of Microsoft's influence in our industry (negative and positive), Slashdot should make more of an effort to exercise more impartial judgement on the way they post content.
IMHO, I think it's also time for many of the slashdotters out there to wake up to the fact that Microsoft is just not going away anytime soon.
Sure - honest evaluation and criticism is what makes SlashDot great, but blindly hating anything to do with Microsoft today is a little like blindly hating anything to do with IBM in the 60's and 70's
This isn't intended as flame bait and thanks for your earlier response.
There was a time when I actually liked slashdot. Lately however, it's become so Anti-Microsoft - it's almost ridiculous. Keep in mind that there are over 60 thousand employees at Microsoft. All of us have families and mortgages to pay just like you. Oh yea - I keep forgetting - most slashdot readers are just a bunch of college kids anyway. Someday - when you all enter the real world - you'll understand how great much (not all) of the Microsoft technology is and come over to the real world with the rest of us. 'Stuff that Matters' is really 'Stuff that gets me home to my family earlier'