A Message From Captain Obvious

“Microsoft Is Not A Charity”

Kevin Hammond points us to a comment over on LonghornBlogs about Rob Releya's request for feedback on XAML. I find it interesting that the braintrust that came up with this mind-nummingly obvious observation was Gerald Bauer, head of the XUL group over on SourceForge. I wonder if by that comment, his intention was to try to get hired. Well, if that were the case, I'd suggest that the guy take a few Zoloft before his interview.

I think maybe he's just upset that they aren't the only ones that are “open” anymore. Too bad their minds can't be “open” to new ideas. Like, for example, Microsoft isn't the root of all evil.

4 Comments

  • What's open about XAML's advice inquiry? Do you know how Microsoft works? Do you really think they don't have a design paper, authorized by a bunch of PM's, but need the public to guide them into a direction?



    They need feedback to CHECK whether their design works or not, where it needs a little change (which requires in-depth advice). When some company asks you to give advices about a product design, do you do that for free? I guess not.

  • I guess you don't either Frans because your product is a piece of crap.

  • Frans: I don't think MS needs us to direct them at all. They have the market research, technical know-how, and man power to do whatever they want. I believe them when they say that they want to get feedback to see if the direction they're taking works for us. Isn't that the smart thing to do?

  • My advice is valuable, and not given for free. If a company with $40B in their pocket comes to me asking for advice, they'd better damn well be prepared to PART with some of that.



    Microsoft doesn't NEED to care one BIT about making a system that people will want to use - they make a system that you WILL use. Remember, it's just like IBM used to be for MS right now... No one ever got fired for buying Microsoft.

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