Clarifying my Microsoft Developer Division Rant

Contents I Ranted and Eric Rebutted While I Respect the People at Microsoft… …They Become Detached Eric Unconsciously Supports my Thesis! Dismissing the Proposal, Not Solving the Problem Not More Power; Transitionality! Today’s Potential Didn’t Address Yesterday’s Deficiency Nor Does an Orphan Address Yesterday’s Deficiency And a Potential isn’t a Solution Yes, there’s Powershell, but… …

Can Microsoft’s Developer Division Compete Moving Forward?

I’ve been planning to blog about this for some time but just haven’t gotten to it. Well here goes… Contents Is Microsoft’s Approach Failing? After Ten Years; Too Little, Too Late? Providing Solutions Frequently Just Not a Priority Core “Real World” Problems Not Addressed Values “Sugar”-Free Over Productivity Focuses on Details, NOT the Big Picture …

The Weborati

Just who are the “Weborati“[1] you ask? And where does the term come from? Well, to answer the latter question, It’s a neologism that just made up; please don’t shoot me for it. :) As for the former, they are people who either created – starting with Tim Berners-Lee – who have passionately shepherded the …