Has m$ gone crunchy ?

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john bailo

Linux developers and advocates are portrayed by
m$ as being granola eating Birkenstock wearing
hippies. Of course nothing could be further from
the truth HOWEVER, having recently purchased
the Visual Studio 2003 Upgrade at work, the accompanying
'Welcome' letter, gives me pause to think that
maybe the boys and girls in Redmond have
been rolling some fat ones.

Witness:

In the 2nd paragraph, I read 'In this second release
of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET framework, you receive a more
refined, more mature version of the award-winning
toolset.' OK. That's just a way to say they've
fixed a few of the 10 million bugs that make
it virtually unusable. But there's more !

"Visual Studio 2002 planted the seeds for a thriving .Net
developer ecosystem. ...developers have contributed to this
burgeoning community, and with the release of VS.NET 2003,
this ecosystem is stronger than ever." Then it says
things about developers "evolving".

Ecosystem? Evolving? Gee whiz? Did you ever
read a bigger bunch of
Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, LSD, fried brain,
nut crunching bullshit ? Has Bill Gate$ turned
into Governor Moonbeam?

And they call Linux users flakey....
 
And they call Linux users flakey....

I blame the Sales men for most of the crap that gets put out... Let me tell
you a wee story...


One day, a customer comes along to a software company, asking for a piece of
software. The sales man tells the customer a load of crap (like "SuperSoft
2002 planted the seeds for a thriving business ecosystem. ... users have
contributed to this burgeoning community, and with the release of SuperSoft
2003, this ecosystem is stronger than ever."). Then the sales man promises
the customer that their "Customised" version of SuperSoft 2003 will do
whatever they want, including making them a cup of tea.

The sales manager runs into the software manager, gives them the details and
asks how long it will take.

The software manager runs into the developer, gives them the details and
asks how long it will take.

The developer thinks about it and figures it'll take 5 months to do, but
says 6 just to be on the safe side.

The manager runs back to the sales manager and tells them it'll be done in 5
months.

The sales manager runs back to the customer and tells them it'll be ready in
2 weeks!


Don't blame software, blame the sales guy!
 
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