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Thread ID: 79940 2007-06-06 07:52:00 Microsoft beats up its best developer! netchicken (4843) PC World Chat
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556667 2007-06-06 07:52:00 Hows this for crazy, A programmer makes a free addon for microsoft's visual studio, Microsoft gives him a medal for it, then sues him...

www.theregister.co.uk

The monster has gone mad....
netchicken (4843)
556668 2007-06-06 08:43:00 Hows this for crazy, A programmer makes a free addon for microsoft's visual studio, Microsoft gives him a medal for it, then sues him...

www.theregister.co.uk

The monster has gone mad....

What do you mean "gone" mad, that is a pretty normal practice for Microsoft. Partner up then screw your partner. Just check out what they did to all of the companies that jumped on to the "plays for sure" bandwagon... Microsoft no longer supports it since the Zune now competes with all those products.
winmacguy (3367)
556669 2007-06-06 09:34:00 Meh, you just described a normal day at Microsoft. beeswax34 (63)
556670 2007-06-06 10:45:00 Meh, you just described a normal day at Microsoft.

Steve Ballmer did throw a chair through his office window when told that one of Microsoft's top people had left to join Google who Steve had previously threatend to ******* kill Google!. I guess it must have gutted Steve a bit...:p hehehehe
winmacguy (3367)
556671 2007-06-06 10:59:00 He can always go home, strip naked, cover himself in vaseline and roll around on a pile of money.

That would cheer anyone up.
Metla (12)
556672 2007-06-06 11:05:00 He can always go home, strip naked, cover himself in vaseline and roll around on a pile of money.


Might scare the wife and kids a bit though.:eek:
winmacguy (3367)
556673 2007-06-06 11:29:00 Quote:
Originally Posted by Metla forums.pcworld.co.nz (forums.pcworld.co.nz)
He can always go home, strip naked, cover himself in vaseline and roll around on a pile of money.



Might scare the wife and kids a bit though.:eek:Nah - that wouldn't worry him. He'd get rid of them and then just go out a buy a new family... :lol:
johcar (6283)
556674 2007-06-06 11:54:00 Quote:
Originally Posted by Metla forums.pcworld.co.nz (forums.pcworld.co.nz)
He can always go home, strip naked, cover himself in vaseline and roll around on a pile of money.


Nah - that wouldn't worry him. He'd get rid of them and then just go out a buy a new family... :lol:

The scary thing is I could see him doing that:groan:
winmacguy (3367)
556675 2007-06-07 01:33:00 I often wondered what an IMplosion would look like. Perhaps this is the start of one. Certainly it IS a way to stifle creativity & just sit & wait for payday. But how soul destroying. PJ Poppa John (284)
556676 2007-06-07 02:34:00 He can always go home, strip naked, cover himself in vaseline and roll around on a pile of money.

That would cheer anyone up.


Etheir that or migrate to NZ for a fee...:p
rob_on_guitar (4196)
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