/me hearts M$. Well some days.
I mean seriously, most of us wouldn't have jobs without that behemoth. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 10:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? > > I've got to tell you... since I've been here at Microsoft, I've seen > nothing > but problems with other software trying to run on Windows. MS puts out > terrific software that is heavily tested, and they give out APIs so that > others can write software that runs on Windows. I've seen tons of cases > where the customer calls in with a problem with IIS crashing, or their > application does something strange, and 9999 out of 10000 times it's not a > problem with Microsoft software. JRUN crashes, ColdFusion doesn't work > right, PHP is refuses to run... and then we not only try to fix the > problem, but we put out hotfixes for our software so theirs doesn't break. > Cases that aren't crashes are configuration issues - the customer > doesn't > know how to use his machine and blames MS. If you don't know how to use > it, > how is that our fault? > Say what you will about MS, but we're all lucky that there's one > predominate platform for computers or we'd be going crazy. You think > writing websites for multiple browsers is difficult? The OS is similar to > a > road - it's got certain protocols that must be followed, many different > things running on it, and sometimes it's under construction, but at least > everybody can use it. > We pay the government for roads, somebody's got to get paid to write > the > OS. > > - Matt > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russel Madere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 9:09 AM > Subject: Re: Gates Stepping Down - End of an Era? > > > > So who is going to architect crappy software for us? Who is Ray Ozzie? > > > >>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/15/gates.ap/index.html > >> > >> Bill Gates to step down from Microsoft > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209523 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
