It's petty and spoiled. Look at the job on the whole-- consider the pay, the work you'd be doing, your place in the organization, etc. In the grand scheme of

It's petty and spoiled. Look at the job on the whole-- consider the pay, the work you'd be doing, your place in the organization, etc. In the grand scheme of things, the software they use is a tiny part of it, and one you might even be able to change from the inside. Also, Microsoft for all it's fault is pretty good at writing software. Maybe you're looking at it incorrectly. Or maybe they'll have a nice upgrade soon. I wouldn't turn down an otherwise good job because of it. When the economy inevitably zig-zags (as it always does) and jobs are harder to come by, you might remember this moment either happily or not so happily.