You do realize the "someone" in question is a mega corporation worth almost 2 TRILLION dollars with around 200K employees? One with a long history of anti-competitive behaviour and "mistakes"?
Three decades of experience in the field, and unfortunately, I don't have quite the brooding disdain for Microsoft. Their stock has lined my pockets, their employees have treated my respectfully when we've worked together, their products do what they're advertised to do.
Something tells me you're under 40.
"They've lined my pockets and treated me nice so anything they do is all right by me."
> Something tells me you're under 40.
No. But during my three decades of experience, I actually grew up.
But hey, revel in your internet wit, mighty commenter! Your immense mental stature frightens me! ;-)
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
I do consulting and bill upwards of 300/hr worked in the DC area, with several decades of experience and a network built up along the way.
I took this position thirty years ago too, my mind hasn’t changed except that young people feel like they’re clever or somehow intellectually valid for copy pasting a quote into a web forum.
But at the same you elaborate in great (and unnecessary) detail about the level of success you have attained.
BTW: I am hardly young. I am nearly ancient.
Making a personal remark about me is plenty of reason for me to mention my success, since they implied that my perspective is somehow fueled entirely by some stock that I own. I have actual experience working alongside some MS people, and I have held that stock since 2013. So what? My opinion just goes out the window? That doesn't make much sense to me, I don't know about you...
The reason I associate that with youth is that young people often don't have a healthy portfolio or indeed any financial hygiene to speak of and seem to think that business is a zero sum game. We all benefit from the business world pushing things forward if we're holding stock in the most powerful companies. I'm hardly a supporter of the capitalist system, but I'll be damned if it's not going to work in my favor, since I understand how things are. My responsibility is to my family first. Had there been a revolution when I was younger, I'd have been among the first in line to change things, but it didn't happen.
I think I'm wasting my time in this thread, though.