Unless you are very sure you will continue to have an amicable relationship, I would suggest some kind of internal code audit in addition to having all passwords changed. My little personal hell went something like this in a small business situation (many years ago) ... I am abruptly terminated due to change in ownership and a brief transition period. 10 days later the main server crashed, and all the kings men could not put it back together again (due to really, really poor choices of who was hired). The company went several months without any of the company data (sales, etc). An insurance claim was filed that claimed I left behind a "bomb" that was mysteriously remotely triggered and physically destroyed hardware on one system, deleting all data irrecoverably, and destroyed all the backups (even though externally stored on removable media). In essence the entire system was inoperable and because it contained custom, in house code, could not be rebuilt. The insurance company took this hooey, paid the claim. Then sued me. Some time shortly after this, they replaced all the systems in the business (this was part of the claim I was sued for), and destroyed the original systems thus removing any evidence that might exonerate me. Clever stuff. It was not difficult to prove my innocence to all this utter nonsense, but it took several years and > $10K to get out from under it. Fun stuff.

*snicker* .... wishing me had mod points.

Amen. The greedier these bastards get, and their elected lackeys tow the line, the more civil disobedience becomes a moral duty. And we should encourage friends and family to follow our lead.

It only seems that way to the miserably uninformed. Relax. Smoke something.

Great advice for novices or amateurs. I do work in a web shop, and all the designers here have access to Dreamweaver licenses if they want it. I can't remember the last time any of them actually used it. They all have Creative Suite Web premium or whatever it is, photoshop, etc. They are more productive without Dreamweaver. You want to see what your code looks like in browser? Then look at it in a browser. Editors are for editing, and browsers are for .... browsing. Works great.

Lmao. You forgot the smiley!

Bollocks. Look at Netcraft's top 20. Only 2 run IIS, and those are MS owned domains. Everybody else is Linux + something else. The web is not so friendly to MS.

Most of the big names in that league (Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc), are running Linux. So, yes that's quite true.

Yes, significantly so. Its just an apt-get upgrade every now and then. I'd say pretty close to hassle free.

Facebook?

Until they make a version that runs natively on Linux, you still have to buy (or acquire) a version of Windows. So there is some cost / hassle there for some of us, and the biggest reason I can't consider them as a development platform.

They probably do want to unify all their platforms. Then they can leverage their de facto monopolies to wedge into the tablet and Mobile markets where they have failed miserably. The possum in the wood pile is how many people will revolt from the new UI. Just because MS shills and bloggers like it does not mean the buying public will. It has had absolutely zero appeal on phones.

Don't forget the web variant, OWA. "Shit" is too kind of a word.

They don't have much else to talk about. Their sales suck. They are years behind the curve on most features that people want. Nobody cares (except MS employees, shills and bloggers), and the new UI is not doing a friggin thing for them. If that new UI has the same effect when it comes to the desktop, they will have even bigger problems. Its pretty tough for them to try to be in that market and get your ass kicked day in and day out. To have any hope of being a respected player, all they can do is talk. As pitiful as it sounds, it still seems to generate some press.

Oh please. I just read a survey that 2% of Europeans are even considering Nokia / MS. It is and was DOA.