Dave Stutz's Parting Advice To Microsoft 314
thasmudyan writes "Like probably many others I followed the recent link to Heise only to get a much more interesting story than the one about Mozilla/OpenOffice: Dave Stutz, an influencial guy at Microsoft, is resigning his position. He posted an open letter to his ex-employer and this rest of the world, explaining what MS is doing wrong in his opinion. I thought it made an interesting read, maybe Open Source projects should consider some of the key points (as MS seems to be too slow to adapt, it may be good time to move faster than 'the industry')." (Read this Slashdot post from 2001 to see an interesting interview with Stutz about "shared source" and .NET.)
Interestingly... (Score:5, Funny)
Summary: "Hey Microsoft: Embrace Open Source" (Score:1, Funny)
What would it take to put a clause in the GNU license that says "except Microsoft" ;-). Note that that was a joke.
--sex [slashdot.org]
About time (Score:3, Funny)
The first paragraph: (Score:2, Funny)
Wow. Without reading the rest of the article, would anyone know what that paragraph meant?
--naked [slashdot.org]
Altruism (Score:5, Funny)
Right. We 'wannabe' wealthy criminals so badly that we offer our work freely to the world.
Step 2: profit!
Re:Exploiting MS’s Fundamental Error (Score:2, Funny)
Hypocrit (Score:3, Funny)
"...and disgruntled Microsoft wannabes have poured huge quantities of often inferior, but nonetheless requirements-driven, open source software"
synthesist.net runs on Apache.
The Opera version (Score:2, Funny)
Edfeece-a tu Meecrusufft regerdeeng cummudeety sufftvere
(c) 2003 Defeed Stootz
Zee merket fur shreenk-vrep PC sufftvere-a begun its sloo upmerket oouze-a intu Chreestensee oobsulescence-a reeght eruoond zee teeme-a thet Meecrusufft reelly heet its streede-a. Thet ves elsu zee teeme-a ooff zee Internet vefe-a, a phenumenun thet Meecrusufft cu-oopted veethuoot ifer reelly interneleezing intu prudooct veesdum. Vheele-a thuse-a qooeleeffied tu mufe-a zee stete-a ooff zee ert furverd vent doon in zee meellenniel flemes ooff zee dutcum cresh, Meecrusufft's reeguruoos beleeeff in zee physeecs ooff booseeness reeleety sefed but zee dey und zee pruffeets. Boot zee teede-a hed toorned, und a reeleezeshun thet "zee net" ves a fer mure-a interesteeng plece-a thun "zee PC" begun tu creep intu zee heeds ooff cunsoomers und interpreeses eleeke-a.
Dooreeng thees pereeud, must cure-a Meecrusufft prudoocts meessed zee Internet vefe-a, ifee vheele-a cleeeming tu be-a leedeeng zee perede-a. Ooffffeece-a hes yet tu mufe-a pest zee ducooment ebstrecshun, despeete-a zee vurld's veedespreed understundeeng thet vebseetes (HTML, HTTP, fereeuoos imbedded cuntent types, und Epeche-a muds) ere-a fery useffool theengs. Veendoos hes yet tu mufe-a pest its PC-centreec ruuts tu ceptoore-a a seegnifficunt pert ooff zee lerger netvurk spece-a, elthuoogh it mekes a hell ooff a guud cleeent. Meecrusufft defeluper tuuls hefe-a yet tu imbrece-a zee luusely cuoopled meendset thet tudey's leedeeng idge-a defelupers epply tu vurk und pley.
Meecrusufft's relooctunce-a tu edupt netvurked veys is understundeble-a. Zeeur edfunteged puseeshun hes beee booeelt oofer zee yeers by edhereeng tu zee tenet thet sufftvere-a roonneeng oon a PC is zee netoorel pueent et vheech tu integrete-a herdvere-a und eppleeceshuns. Unffurtoonetely, netvurk prutuculs hefe-a toorned oooot tu be-a a fer better feet fur thees meeddlemun rule-a, und Meecrusufft, intent oon pruppeeng up zee PC fruncheese-a, hes hed tu reseest foolly imbreceeng zee netvurk integreshun mudel. Thees curpurete-a cese-a ooff deneeel hes lefft a fecoooom, ooff cuoorse-a, intu vheech herdvere-a cumpuneees, interpreeses, und deesgroontled Meecrusufft vunnebes hefe-a puoored hooge-a qoounteeties ooff oofftee inffereeur, boot nunezeeless reqoourements-dreefee, oopee suoorce-a sufftvere-a. Meecrusufft steell booeelds zee vurld's best cleeent sufftvere-a, boot zee beeggest ooppurtooneety is nu lunger zee cleeent. It steell cummunds zee beeggest mergeen, boot netvurked sufftvere-a veell ifentooelly icleepse-a cleeent-oonly sufftvere-a.
Es netvurked cumpooteeng inffrestrooctoore-a metoores, zee PC cleeent booseeness veell remeeen impurtunt in zee seme-a vey thet ootumuteefe-a munooffectoorers, reeel cerreeers, und phune-a cumpuneees remeeened impurtunt vheele-a zeeur oovn netvurks metoored. Zee PC furm fectur veell poosh furverd; zee Pucket PC, zee Teblet PC, und oozeer furms veell imerge-a. Boot ootumekers, reeelrueds, und phune-a cumpuneees ectooelly munooffectoore-a zeeur prudoocts, rezeer thun selleeng intungeeble-a beets oon a CD tu herdvere-a pertners. Veell Meecrusufft cunteenooe-a tu cunfeence-a its pertners thet sufftvere-a is deestinctly felooeble-a by itselff? Oor veell zee cummudeety netoore-a ooff sufftvere-a toorn zee indoostry oon its heed? Zee herdvere-a cumpuneees, vhu ectooelly munooffectoore-a zee mecheenes, smell bluud in zee veter, und zee oopee suoorce-a sufftvere-a mufement is zee resoolt.
Ispeceeelly in a metooreeng merket, sufftvere-a ixperteese-a steell metters, und Meecrusufft mey fery vell be-a eble-a tu seedestep irrelefunce-a es it hes in zee pest. Zee term "PC fruncheese-a" is nut joost a suoondbeete-a; zee noomber ooff prugrems vreettee fur zee PC thet du sumetheeng useffool (dreefe-a a luum, cuntrul a meelling mecheene-a, creete-a a spreedsheet templete-a, ideet a recurdeeng...) is tremenduoos. Boot tu cunteenooe-a leedeeng zee peck, Meecrusufft moost innufete-a qooeeckly. Iff zee PC is ell thet zee footoore-a hulds, zeen groot pruspects ere-a bleek. I'fe-a spent a lut ooff teeme-a dooreeng zee lest foo yeers perteecipeting in demege-a-cuntrul ooff fereeuoos surts, und I respect zee need fur sereeuoos edoolt sooperfeesiun. Recufereeng frum coorrent ixternel percepshuns ooff Meecrusufft es a perunueed, untroostvurthy, greedy, petty, und puleeticelly inept oorguneezeshun veell teke-a yeers. Beeeng zee looest cust cummudeety prudoocer dooreeng sooch a recufery veell be-a erdoouoos, und veell hefe-a zee seede-a-iffffect ooff chungeeng Meecrusufft intu a plece-a vhere-a creeteefe-a munegers und eccuoontunts, rezeer thun feesiuneries, veell cell zee shuts.
Iff Meecrusufft is uneble-a tu innufete-a qooeeckly inuoogh, oor tu edept tu imbrece-a netvurk-besed integreshun, zee threet thet it feces is zee iruseeun ooff zee icunumeec felooe-a ooff sufftvere-a beeeng coosed by zee oopee suoorce-a sufftvere-a mufement. Thees is nut joost Leenoox. Leenoox is certeeenly a threet tu Meecrusufft's less-thun-perffect serfer sufftvere-a reeght noo (und tu its desktup in zee nut-tuu-deestunt footoore-a), boot oopee suoorce-a sufftvere-a in generel, roonneeng ispeceeelly oon zee Veendoos oopereteeng system, is a mooch beegger threet. Es zee qooeleety ooff thees sufftvere-a imprufes, zeere-a veell be-a less und less reesun tu pey fur cure-a sufftvere-a-oonly essets thet hefe-a becume-a styleezed cetegureees oofer zee yeers: Meecrusufft sells OoFFICE (zee sooeete-a) vheele-a peuple-a mey oonly need a smell pert ooff Vurd oor a beet ooff Eccess. Meecrusufft sells VINDOVS (zee pletffurm) boot a smell oorg meeght joost need a vebseete-a, oor a feeleserfer. It nu lunger feets Meecrusufft's booseeness mudel tu hefe-a muny indeefidooel ooffffereengs und tu innufete-a veet noo eppleeceshun sufftvere-a. Unffurtoonetely, thees is ixectly vhere-a free-a sufftvere-a ixcels und is mekeeng inrueds. Oone-a-seeze-a-feets-ell, oone-a-epp-is-ell-yuoo-need, oone-a-epee-und-demn-zee-turpedues hes toorned oooot tu be-a un imperffect stretegy fur zee lung hool.
Deegging in egeeenst oopee suoorce-a cummudeetizeshun vun't vurk - it vuoold be-a leeke-a deegging in egeeenst zee Internet, vheech Meecrusufft treeed fur a vheele-a beffure-a getteeng veese-a. Uny mufe-a tooerds cootteeng ooffff elterneteefes by leemiting interuperebeelity oor integreshun oopshuns vuoold be-a frooght veet dunger, seence-a it vuoold inrege-a coostumers, eccelerete-a zee deefergence-a ooff zee oopee suoorce-a pletffurm, und hefe-a oozeer undesureble-a resoolts. Despeete-a thees, Meecrusufft is et reesk ooff fullooeeng thees pet, dooe-a tu zee curpurete-a delooseeun thet gues by muny nemes: "better tugezeer," "uneeffied pletffurm," und "integreted sufftvere-a." Zeere-a is felse-a hupe-a in Redmund thet zeese-a ooootmuded epprueches tu sufftvere-a integreshun veell ettrect und keep interneshunel merkets, gufernments, ecedemeecs, und must impurtuntly, innufeturs, seffely veethin zee Meecrusufft sphere-a ooff infflooence-a. Boot zeey vun't
Ixceeting noo netvurked eppleeceshuns ere-a beeeng vreettee. Teeme-a is nut stundeeng steell. Meecrusufft moost soorfeefe-a und prusper by leerneeng frum zee oopee suoorce-a sufftvere-a mufement und by burrooeeng frum und imprufeeng its techneeqooes. Oopee suoorce-a sufftvere-a is es lerge-a und pooerffool a vefe-a es zee Internet ves, und is repeedly eccreteeng intu a legeetimete-a elterneteefe-a tu Veendoos. It cun und shuoold be-a hernessed. Tu efueed dure-a cunseqooences, Meecrusufft shuoold fefur un eppruech thet tuleretes und imbreces zee deefersity ooff zee oopee suoorce-a eppruech, ispeceeelly vhee netvurk-besed integreshun is infulfed. Zeere-a ere-a muny clefer und muteefeted peuple-a oooot zeere-a, vhu hefe-a muny deefffferent reesuns tu efueed booyeeng durectly intu a Meecrusufft prupreeetery steck. Meecrusufft moost impluy deeplumecy tu vuu zeese-a eccuoonts; stoobburn inseestence-a veell be-a but cuoonterprudoocteefe-a und ineffffecteefe-a. Meecrusufft cunnut prusper dooreeng zee oopee suoorce-a vefe-a es un islund, veet a deffenses booeelt oooot ooff leetigeshun und prupreeetery prutuculs.
Vhy be-a deestrected intu luukeeng beckverds by zee cummudeety cluners ooff oopee suoorce-a? Useffool es cluneeng mey be-a fur preece-a-senseetife-a cunsoomers, zee cummudeety booseeness is loo-mergeen und heegh-reesk. Zeere-a is a noo frunteeer, vhere-a sufftvere-a "cullecteefes" ere-a beeeng booeelt veet ed huc prutuculs und veet cloostered defeeces. Rubuteecs und ootumeshun ooff ell surts is ixpuseeng a demund fur supheesticeted noo veys ooff theenking. Cunsoomers hefe-a un unslekeble-a thurst fur noo furms ooff interteeenment. Und herdvere-a fendurs cunteenooe-a tu poosh tooerds ercheetectoores thet veell foondementelly chunge-a zee vey thet sufftvere-a is booeelt by intrudooceeng feene-a-greeened cuncoorrency thet seemply cunnut be-a ignured. Zeere-a is nu cleer cunsensoos oon systems oor eppleeceshun mudels fur zeese-a erees. Useffool sufftvere-a vreettee ebufe-a zee lefel ooff zee seengle-a defeece-a veell cummund heegh mergeens fur a lung teeme-a tu cume-a.
Stup luukeeng oofer yuoor shuoolder und infent sumetheeng!
Re:If MS based Windows on Linux (Score:0, Funny)
You are so correct! All versions of windows should come with a big flashing red icon in the middle of the desktop that says "Change start button?" When you press it you should then get some nice GUI wizard that walks you through the process of changing the start button! That would be the best huh! 'Cause we all know that changing the text on the start button is extremely important to not only home users but for end users in the corporate environment also!!
Re:hmmm (Score:2, Funny)
Maybe that will make RMS shave and take a bath.
hmmm i smell ASTROTURFER (move along) (Score:0, Funny)
i've said it before and i'm saying it again.(check my posts)
one day i will write a book,
[rant]
i am the jumbie the troll who watches the Astroturfers but is hampered in her noble policing effort by being limited to just 2 posts a day and karma so low i'm coming back as a tampon.(a hundred curses on my nemisis cowboyoneal and his slashsource)
one day my karma will rise AND YOU WILL RUE THE DAY!
[/rant]
(if you look back on tshaks posts you'll also see he often rises to the 100 reasons i want
BFD (Score:3, Funny)
I've given lots of former employers some "parting advice" over the years. It usually centers around a verb synonymous with "stick" or "stuff" or "shove" or the like.
Re:Summary: "Hey Microsoft: Embrace Open Source" (Score:4, Funny)
That would be the "No Homers" clause.
Re:Can I complain to Yahoo about MSN??? (Score:2, Funny)
Almost all the MSN portals work in the latest version of Opera, although I have to admit they seem to be in Sweedish for some apparent reason....
Re:Microsoft cannot innovate (Score:2, Funny)
They created all of MS Bob, you know.
See? They did invent something.
Re:And what has come out of this? (Score:2, Funny)
<ducks>