A wise person once wrote down some rules of war. Among his rules was "know
your enemies (friends) as you know yourself."
You certainly don't have to agree with this rule. You can believe anything
you want about Microsoft and its employees. I certainly won't be able to
convince you otherwise - all I have to share is my 5 ½ years at Microsoft,
working in two research labs and with several product teams. So... who
cares. Believe what you want to believe.
- Joe
PS. If you want to check out the full set of rules, see
http://www.cs.caltech.edu/~adam/local/faq-fork.html#erniesrules
PS. Once again, I really recommend "Showstopper!" to anyone interested in a
case study of how Microsoft handle the balance between innovation, customer
needs and desires, and time-to-market for the original release of Windows
NT. This is one of the best books I've found for describing what it's like
to work inside Microsoft.
Joseph S. Barrera III <joebar@microsoft.com>
<http://research.microsoft.com/~joebar/>
Phone, Office: (415) 778-8227; Cellular: (415) 601-3719; Home: (415)
588-4801
The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views and do not
reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.