Wow. Joel seems pretty ticked in this one. I just never thought I'd ever see a comparison between Microsoft's visionary products and 1955 salisbury steak. Pa

Wow. Joel seems pretty ticked in this one. I just never thought I'd ever see a comparison between Microsoft's visionary products and 1955 salisbury steak. Paraphrasing, I think Ray Ozzie (Groove) points out in "Founders At Work", that Microsoft is a horizontal company; they want to deliver the platform which every one will use to build their vertical apps.