Microsoft

We need lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of happy happy happy happy happy customers.

-Steve Balmer

There are three things I need to express before I continue:

• Once upon a time I was a Mac aficionado. Proof: I loved my Mac Classic, with its Motorola 68x processor and  black-and-white 9-inch screen in one portable unit.
• I am not a Microsoft employee. This site is not owned by, endorsed by, or affiliated in any way with Microsoft.
• In spite of my Mac-ness, I found myself immersed in all things Microsoft once I started developing.

Q: What does this mean? A: I have been transformed into cynical Micro-head.

• I am constantly wary of being sold by MS propaganda... but I use MS everyday.
• I ooh and ah at every Apple development... but I use MS everyday.
• I glow as Linux advances... but I use MS everyday.
• I am tickled by the whole DOJ v MS... but I use MS everyday.
• I hope Sun take its vitamins... but I use MS everyday.
• I mock every MS "feature" (aka bug)... but I use MS everyday.

But—confound it!—I use Microsoft everyday!

Grumblingly I admit that they have a lot of knowledge and resources freely available at the Microsoft website [microsoft.com], especially at the MSDN Online [msdn.microsoft.com] (for more advanced topics), Microsoft Technet [microsoft.com/technet/] (for less advanced topics), and MSN Computing Central [computingcentral.msn.com/] (for friendly cross platform topics).

2007-09-12 21:52:37Z