+ for a lot less busy - for low contrast small text. The zoom function does work well though Overall I like it better. Thanks

Agreed, Life isn't fair. If the senior programmer can't get a better salary it might be a wakeup call for him to learn more marketable skills.

Kudos! Well thought out and written response.

Storys were weak and badly thought out, Little action, and characters I could not care about. The writers/producers/directors need a wake up call. This is it

Just add more code! That always makes it better. Closely followed by "It's unreliable/broken" "We've got to rewrite that old xxxx in m$'s new blah-ty-blah framework!".

Many fiction writers have told me the same story about their own profession. Somehow people think the hard work of making an idea real is the easy part.

I can second this recommendation. If you're not going windows only look at Qt.

So it charges everyone who walks by and sends the money to me instead of the store?

Journalism 1: Write a story titled "Is xxx dead?"
Insert popular item of choice in place of 'xxx'.
Generates controversy and people keep falling for it.

NHibernate's implementation might be fine for Java but sucks for Desktop applications. Instead of paying the cost of parsing the object mapping files once (when the web server is started) you pay for it every time you start your application. It also guarantees that your efficiency is awful because of the way it's designed. Do yourself a favor and use something else.

Seems like the same old blather. I don't see anything in the authors credentials that lend any credibility to what he's proposing.

Amen! The article is just journalism 101 games to whip up controversy.

Didn't care about the characters. They didn't act like real people. The background made no sense. It's "pawn stars" writ large.

A pretty interesting write up :)

You can be sued at any time, by anyone, for any reason, no matter how stupid.
Further, you must defend yourself in court, or you will automatically lose.
It's expensive for the person suing you so it's not generally done unless they're really angry or really rich.
Does any of that description fit any person or corporation in the story you posted?

The suit will be thrown out but Microsoft hopes by the use of fear to control you without actually having to pay lawyers.
They have lawyers on staff who get paid anyway so there's no down side to this unless you call their bluff or stop buying their stuff because of their practices.
Up to you man.