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In my limited experience on and around the Redmond campus, I have to say I was startled by the level of ill-will some MS employees have towards Linux. Ranging f
by llambda 15y ago
In my limited experience on and around the Redmond campus, I have to say I was startled by the level of ill-will some MS employees have towards Linux. Ranging from dismissal, "UNIX is nothing but a toy" to outright hatred, "Linux is evil". This seemed to only increase the closer you got to the top...
Although that doesn't necessarily mean they're doing this out of malice, I don't think it went entirely unconsidered. MS definitely likes to be aggressive when possible.
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- benjohnson 15y agoMicroSoft is famous for developing a siege mentality intentionally as it helps them get a huge amount of labor out of their employees. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_mentality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_mentality What the Wikipedia article leaves out is that employes that are in this state will have a sort of 'fight or flight' response and will usually work their tails off.
- vogonj 15y agoI'm an employee of Microsoft in the Valley. when I leave work at 6:15, there are maybe 15 people left at their desks in the section of the floor I work on (which has about 150 desks in it.) I know multiple people who show up around 11 and leave by 6. Microsoft is hardly the worst offender in this metropolitan area, much less the industry.