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I thought Microsoft was all about eating their own dog food. How can they sell IT software when they don't use it themselves? I'd imagine Microsoft IT would ha

I thought Microsoft was all about eating their own dog food. How can they sell IT software when they don't use it themselves? I'd imagine Microsoft IT would have been a great place to solicit feedback about what sucks about their own products. Guess not.

tptacek 17y ago
Did you read the article? Microsoft addressed that very point.
- snth 17y ago
  They basically address this by saying, "It's not a problem. Trust us."
  - tptacek 17y ago
    No, they addressed it by claiming that nothing that wasn't already outsourced has been outsourced; they simply centralized vendors.
FraaJad 17y ago
It's not just MS. Apple also "leverages" [Infosys](http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/13/microsoft-outsourcing http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/13/microsoft-outsou...)
awa 17y ago
I think they will use their own software, only it will be supported by Infosys.
bediger 17y ago
I think that in Real Life, there's enormous value in using (or at least supporting) the software you write. Nothing like having to debug a production concurrency problem to make you appreciate adequate logging, with timestamps.