Microsoft employees are making the switch to OS X
It's always interesting to me when I hear Microsoft employees talking about how they own and love Apple OS X on their personal blogs. Even they come to realize that Apple has something out there that is as good or better than Windows.
I also amazed that they even bring up that they use a Mac on their blogs that are read mostly by Microsoft loyalist. The culture at Microsoft must be changing. I remember talking to Microsoft employees in the late 1990s about competing Microsoft products and how they are better than their product. Man, did I get the look! Let's just say my personal contact with them have diminished since then. This is part of it and the other is I am really not that interested anymore. (Really!)
It's really funny because I used to work with this guy at my old company in the mid 1990's that I would have to say was a Microsoft Whore! He would tell them and do anything for them to get free crap. When I look back on it, it really was pathatic.
I still like Microsoft's developer products but I am no longer part of their army of believers that will do/say anything in the name of Microsoft. Knowing what they are going to bring out in 3 years is not that important to me in my life anymore. The computer industry has changed and I guess so have I. Instead of being a free beta tester in my free time, I have taken the time to understand things that will make my developer skills better like Design Patterns and Refactoring. Plus I would rather play around on my Mac when I am not working on the next great .net application for my client!
I also amazed that they even bring up that they use a Mac on their blogs that are read mostly by Microsoft loyalist. The culture at Microsoft must be changing. I remember talking to Microsoft employees in the late 1990s about competing Microsoft products and how they are better than their product. Man, did I get the look! Let's just say my personal contact with them have diminished since then. This is part of it and the other is I am really not that interested anymore. (Really!)
It's really funny because I used to work with this guy at my old company in the mid 1990's that I would have to say was a Microsoft Whore! He would tell them and do anything for them to get free crap. When I look back on it, it really was pathatic.
I still like Microsoft's developer products but I am no longer part of their army of believers that will do/say anything in the name of Microsoft. Knowing what they are going to bring out in 3 years is not that important to me in my life anymore. The computer industry has changed and I guess so have I. Instead of being a free beta tester in my free time, I have taken the time to understand things that will make my developer skills better like Design Patterns and Refactoring. Plus I would rather play around on my Mac when I am not working on the next great .net application for my client!
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I think you definitely see the culture change at the grass-roots level. Microsoft is not a mono-culture. I'm always reading about how much they love their iPods.
Of course, at a higher level, there might still be resistance. There was a rumor that some higher up was getting incensed by seeing white head phones all over the campus. ;)
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