Stringy (Score 1)

As a gay man in the I.T industry, I find this news particularly disturbing. The very fact Microsoft is now retracting it's stance on GLBT rights because of some schizo jesus freak is ludicrious! That's like telling your boss to eat shit and die, expecting to come out of it still gainfully employed. Doesn't work that way. This industry is actually very accepting of gays and lesbians. IBM, SGI, RedHat, Sun, Oracle all provide same-sex benefits and have employee support systems in place for their GLBT employees. In fact, IBM is the #1 supplier of personal computers to GLBT businesses and actively supports the Human Rights Campaign. Apple is another mover and shaker in GLBT rights and was one of the first to provide same-sex benefits (Apple is just a mover and shaker period). To really find out what the the feeling is of the industry, check out the http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Search_the _Database&Template=/CustomSource/WorkNet/srch.cfm& searchtypeid=1&searchSubTypeID=1HRC's equality score card . Microsoft will come ot looking like bigoted fools in this.