"Microsoft's flagship product isn't their search engine."
and couldn't help asking myself what difference does that make ? Above all when Mr. Ballmer wanders across the world telling how his children are forbidden to use Google.
Then there was this bit:
"(I'm not so sure what it is, but it's not their search engine.)"
and I'd like to ask, as a favour, when and if you have the definition of Microsoft's "flagship" product could you make this definition known ? Quite a few people are curious, and not a few of them work at Microsoft !
Then you have the gall to serve us this bit:
"the search engine isn't a deeply ingrained part of their corporate culture."
and I have to say that you are more than correct. The corporate culture at Microsoft is founded on throwing and breaking chairs - this is well known. However, if we are to believe what we read, a goodly number of those chairs seem to be sacrificed on the alter of Google - to say nothing of the Ballmer extension to potty training.
"who cares what the people at the company use?"
If I am up-to-date Mr. Steve Ballmer seems to have very strong views (or very weak chairs) on this subject. I forget - perhaps someone could remind me - what might be his position at Microsoft. Was it CEO ? Was it chief potty trainer ? Chief chair breaker ?
Then you fall upon us with the following
"That's like assuming that the haircutters which people who are haircutters use are the best haircutters."
and, you know, you ain't wrong. Professionals do have a tendency - if only by trial and error - to find and use the best tools around at any given moment.
Then you have a bald statement, positively intransigent in it's brevity
"Preferences are idiosyncratic."
That there are preferences which are idiosyncratic goes without saying ; love makes the world go round, etc. Professionals however, in the work environment, tend to have a pronounced preference towards the efficient, rapid methods for getting the work done. You seem to forget this in your intransigence - to be as polite as possible.
You conclude with what can only be termed as a piece of colossal impertinence
" I would much prefer to see an article assessing the objective strengths of the different search engines directly, instead of this corporate-interest story."
to which I will (giving sway to a bad impulsion) reply SHITHEAD !. Apart from the obvious comment about the grammar in "an article assessing the objective strengths of the different search engines directly,", I suggest you leave it to the/. editors to muck up the choice of what appears in their usual inimitable fashion - you would (to judge from your post) bring no improvement. I'll offer you an idea though - why not write and submit the article you would prefer to see; come down from that ivory tower, as it were. You might get it accepted and, in this case, have the joy of reading what your peers thing about it - I know this involves work and is harder than vapid criticism about other folks efforts, but you might enjoy it.
I imagine they published it because its amusing. I certainly found it so. Notice that the lads and lassies at Yahoo are going to have a similar problem - if this consoles you. But their problem is only going to be similar to yours - since they have no problem with flying chairs.
On a lighter note, do you really think that Mr. Gates and/or Mr. Ballmer read/. . It doesn't seem all that likely, but if they do then it's three chairs for you:-
The first would be for using Google.
The second would be for reading/. outside of company time, one hopes.
The third would be for posting to/. - and not anonymously either
You are bringing trouble on your own head; chair number three will probably be a really heavy one. Good luck with the ducks !
Me too, brother. I especially like the ones which are equipped with napalm. Really good for getting rid of suspected terrorists in downtown LA at the rush hour. Or at LAX for that matter. What? They don't have drones with napalm bombs ? Don't worry. They'll get them.
Mr. Ballmer's financial compensation at Microsoft must make it obvious that he is doing enormous good for the world.
and I must say that I find you confused. A famous man once said "What's good for General Motors is good for the United States", but nobody (you don't count) has ever elevated this to "world" dimensions - and certainly not with reference to Microsoft.
Mr. Ballmer's eventual departure from the hallowed halls of Microsoft will have one result, and one only. A protest march on Washington by the makers of cheap Chinese chairs.
I have said this before and I will say it again.
PC stands for Police Constable.
To my knowledge Macs are Scotsmen, Linux boxes come in different sizes and so do Windows Boxes(which are transparent, obviously).
So, using the PC vs. Mac does not make any sense and may be unfair to the Constable (who might well be English).
You're confusing me, and I am a "native English speaker". We're discussing Microsoft here. In "native English" when you discover somebody who is acting strangely, erratically, or generally causing fellow human beings worry, fright, or inconvenience then that somebody is a candidate for certification. You need a doctor for this. The said person is said to be "certifiably insane" and it is the (medical) doctor who provides the certificate.
As for the money angle, its simple. When the ambulance has arrived and the two large gentlemen in white coats have gathered up the certified person and taken him/her away (to the funny farm, where life is gay and life is beautiful ALL THE TIME ); it is polite to buy the doctor a drink.
Hope this clears up the meaning of "certified" for you, in English and in the Microsoft context and explains why it costs money. Keep smiling !
"Un escroc" is somebody who might be considered as a confidence trickster (a con man). You might want to look up the French word "escroquerie" or the English word "escrow"(in this context). Hope this helps.
I own a European company and I'm (we're) ready to violate any useful Microsoft patent - that we haven't already violated that is (we didn't find all that many that were useful ). Strike a blow for freedom today - American patent law is out of hand and used to crush small business. Or just give Microsoft all your money right now - you'll find that such an action - while extremely foolish - is quite legal.
"However, world governments have so far received his predictions with skepticism."
The French government has yet to receive his predictions. They will get the news just as they get all other news - when the French Postal Service is good and ready.
There are only two possible outcomes:-
They will never open the envelope because the collision has already happened.
They will open the envelope and laugh - they will have noticed the "near miss" when they were making their way to work that same morning
As a great man once said "We must not deceive ourselves; things are as they are, and a goodly number of them can never be changed". He cited a number of examples; the French Postal Service, 'Tony Blair, and George Bush were amongst them. When asked why he had no member of the French Government was included, he muttered "Even in extreme cases, we must permit ourselves the luxury of hope"
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I couldn't help noticing:
and couldn't help asking myself what difference does that make ? Above all when Mr. Ballmer wanders across the world telling how his children are forbidden to use Google.Then there was this bit:
and I'd like to ask, as a favour, when and if you have the definition of Microsoft's "flagship" product could you make this definition known ? Quite a few people are curious, and not a few of them work at Microsoft !Then you have the gall to serve us this bit:
and I have to say that you are more than correct. The corporate culture at Microsoft is founded on throwing and breaking chairs - this is well known. However, if we are to believe what we read, a goodly number of those chairs seem to be sacrificed on the alter of Google - to say nothing of the Ballmer extension to potty training. If I am up-to-date Mr. Steve Ballmer seems to have very strong views (or very weak chairs) on this subject. I forget - perhaps someone could remind me - what might be his position at Microsoft. Was it CEO ? Was it chief potty trainer ? Chief chair breaker ?Then you fall upon us with the following
and, you know, you ain't wrong. Professionals do have a tendency - if only by trial and error - to find and use the best tools around at any given moment.Then you have a bald statement, positively intransigent in it's brevity
That there are preferences which are idiosyncratic goes without saying ; love makes the world go round, etc. Professionals however, in the work environment, tend to have a pronounced preference towards the efficient, rapid methods for getting the work done. You seem to forget this in your intransigence - to be as polite as possible.You conclude with what can only be termed as a piece of colossal impertinence
to which I will (giving sway to a bad impulsion) reply SHITHEAD !. Apart from the obvious comment about the grammar in "an article assessing the objective strengths of the different search engines directly," , I suggest you leave it to theI imagine they published it because its amusing. I certainly found it so. Notice that the lads and lassies at Yahoo are going to have a similar problem - if this consoles you. But their problem is only going to be similar to yours - since they have no problem with flying chairs.
On a lighter note, do you really think that Mr. Gates and/or Mr. Ballmer read /. . It doesn't seem all that likely, but if they do then it's three chairs for you:-
- The first would be for using Google.
- The second would be for reading
/. outside of company time, one hopes.
- The third would be for posting to
/. - and not anonymously either
You are bringing trouble on your own head; chair number three will probably be a really heavy one. Good luck with the ducks !I have understood your idea - around year 4, I think it was !
Me too, brother. I especially like the ones which are equipped with napalm. Really good for getting rid of suspected terrorists in downtown LA at the rush hour. Or at LAX for that matter. What? They don't have drones with napalm bombs ? Don't worry. They'll get them.
But they already released SCO Windows. Microsoft is their agent.
Do you also have the patent on being a bit of a nitwit ? Sorry, but it seems a natural question to ask - given your post.
I noticed this bit
and I must say that I find you confused. A famous man once said "What's good for General Motors is good for the United States", but nobody (you don't count) has ever elevated this to "world" dimensions - and certainly not with reference to Microsoft.Mr. Ballmer's eventual departure from the hallowed halls of Microsoft will have one result, and one only. A protest march on Washington by the makers of cheap Chinese chairs.
I completely agree with you:-
Do Mac users wash ?
Yes of course !
Liked Your post - still laughing. But you gotta admit that they could just stop releasing shit. Their VP's could stop releasing gas too.
Liked your post. Still laughing !
And then it stopped ? Or what ??
You're confusing me, and I am a "native English speaker". We're discussing Microsoft here. In "native English" when you discover somebody who is acting strangely, erratically, or generally causing fellow human beings worry, fright, or inconvenience then that somebody is a candidate for certification. You need a doctor for this. The said person is said to be "certifiably insane" and it is the (medical) doctor who provides the certificate.
As for the money angle, its simple. When the ambulance has arrived and the two large gentlemen in white coats have gathered up the certified person and taken him/her away (to the funny farm, where life is gay and life is beautiful ALL THE TIME ); it is polite to buy the doctor a drink.
Hope this clears up the meaning of "certified" for you, in English and in the Microsoft context and explains why it costs money. Keep smiling !
"Un escroc" is somebody who might be considered as a confidence trickster (a con man). You might want to look up the French word "escroquerie" or the English word "escrow"(in this context). Hope this helps.
I was going to ask that. Now I've got to ask if they run Linux ?
There is a lot of this going round - especially in Alabama. The good news is that it can be cured. Stay out of Alabama on the first of April - simple.
Mr. Gore is ALWAYS right ! The difficulty is to know what he's right about today.
Thank you, Madame Pelosi. I, for one, am very grateful. Have a really good day.
Saw this mention
and I imagined the followingKen: (coming in during a snow storm) "Barbie honey, I've had a serious accident .... really serious for us"
Barbie: (concerned) "Wha..What happened, honey ?"
Ken: "I slipped and fell on the ice !"
Barbie: (thinks, "Is that all?") "Here, let me ....."
Ken: "No, please, no"
Barbie: (shocked but beginning to notice the peculiar smell and the burn marks on Ken's trousers) "???????????"
Ken: "I had my key-chain in my trouser pocket when I fell, and my key-chain tazer ... well ... "(falls to the floor in a dead faint)
Clauswitz said it, and it is forever true, "Begin by looking after your own ass!"
To each his own - I've always interested myself in daughter boards.
Somebody surely needs to get over himself, Captain. Maybe 26 times.
Where Mr. Bush is concerned, God is too far away to help even if He cared to.
I own a European company and I'm (we're) ready to violate any useful Microsoft patent - that we haven't already violated that is (we didn't find all that many that were useful ). Strike a blow for freedom today - American patent law is out of hand and used to crush small business. Or just give Microsoft all your money right now - you'll find that such an action - while extremely foolish - is quite legal.
We must avoid generalities:-
The French government has yet to receive his predictions. They will get the news just as they get all other news - when the French Postal Service is good and ready.There are only two possible outcomes:-
As a great man once said "We must not deceive ourselves; things are as they are, and a goodly number of them can never be changed". He cited a number of examples; the French Postal Service, 'Tony Blair, and George Bush were amongst them. When asked why he had no member of the French Government was included, he muttered "Even in extreme cases, we must permit ourselves the luxury of hope"