The War Of The Word 511
atari_kid writes "For who didn't know Microsoft has a internal blogging service, which is becoming popular with their employees. And even some of their high level managers have their own blog like Chris Pratley, a group program manager (GPM) for Word2002 (OfficeXP) project. Mr. Pratley just blogged on his 'personal philosophical' conversion from a Mac geek to a Microsoft devotee & his interesting perspective on the 'Word Processor' wars of the mid-90's and why Microsoft won."
Microsoft's most valuable soldier in Word Wars (Score:3, Funny)
Bob is a close runner-up.
Get used to disappointment (Score:5, Funny)
It's always good to have high hopes, but in this case I'm afraid you'll have to get used to disappointment. Here we come!
It's Okay (Score:5, Funny)
It's over, so soon? (Score:3, Funny)
Guess we better let OpenOffice.org [openoffice.org] and Star Office [singerscreations.com] know right away!
Re:He missed one point (Score:5, Funny)
So, do you have to print those out as flipbooks or what?
Now look what you've gone and done (Score:5, Funny)
Fuck Me (Score:2, Funny)
Apparently Word's Grammar Checker... (Score:2, Funny)
...isn't used.
For who didn't know Microsoft has a internal blogging service, which is becoming popular with their employees.
Eh now?
the abbreviated version (Score:5, Funny)
1. Microsoft bloggers are very enthusiatic about Microsoft.
2. If you get turned down for a job at Apple you might not like the computers so much any more.
3. Asian versions of software are complicated.
4. Microsoft puts out crappy products at first and then listens to customers to improve them.
5. Other companies make mistakes and Microsoft almost always takes advantage of the situation.
6. Having a huge monopoly in operating systems and file formats gives Bill Gates a huge erection. I swear you can see it during meetings.
(Okay I made up that last one.)
The MS Method (Score:1, Funny)
"...So, that in a nutshell is the Microsoft method."
Translated: Resistance is futile.
Grow a pair! (Score:5, Funny)
Puh-leeze, Chris, you manage a flagship product for one of the richest monopolists in the country, one that has de facto control of the IT market, and you're afraid of emails from 13-year-old kids?
Try to at least ACT like a man.
Re:Fsck Me (Score:4, Funny)
net thugs? (Score:5, Funny)
does that word mean what I think it means? .
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S-L-A-S-H-D-O-T?
Re:net thugs? (Score:5, Funny)
That would also be an apt description of the Msft marketing dept.
Re:WP 5.1 - those were the days (Score:3, Funny)
Oxymoron detected.
Re:It's over, so soon? (Score:1, Funny)
What the hell.... (Score:3, Funny)
Printing out Quicktime videos (Score:3, Funny)
At ~ 30 frames per second, you could print out a 20 minute video on a mere 36,000 sheets of paper.
"internal" blogging service (Score:3, Funny)
!!!!
A priceless line... (Score:1, Funny)
"reverse-engineering" the WordPerfect file format (documentation for which was jealously guarded, as was the norm back then).
I think it might still be the norm...
Re:Grow a pair! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:You lost me... (Score:2, Funny)
Emacs?
Re:The Old New Thing (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Chris Pratley (Score:4, Funny)
Since this is Microsoft we're talking about, shouldn't the more appropriate word be glasnost ?
type 11 error? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interpretation? (Score:3, Funny)