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I agree; it seems incredibly biased. But then again, all the positive reviews following the release of Windows 8 and the Surface sure struck me as odd. In any

by Svip 14y ago

I agree; it seems incredibly biased. But then again, all the positive reviews following the release of Windows 8 and the Surface sure struck me as odd. In any case; I am not sure there are any unbiased articles in the tale of Windows 8. For what it's worth, the article does have some facts in it (you just have to read through all the clutter of Microsoft bashing), that OEMs are not happy about the Surface and that certainly not going to be pleased by Microsoft's decision to sell it outside of their own stores and website.

xradionut 14y ago
"In any case; I am not sure there are any unbiased articles in the tale of Windows 8." It's hard to dig the facts out of the machine. I was sitting in a Windows 8/Azure presentation last week and ask the Microsoft presenter several uncomfortable questions that he didn't want to answer. :(
- phaet0n 14y ago
  I'am actually interested in deploying on Azure. If you don't mind me asking, what uncomfortable questions were you asking? The only serious problem I have with Microsoft, and it is really quite a serious problem, is that you have no idea how committed they are to any of their technologies and once you've been bitten the n'th time, for n >> 0, you just desperately want to be in control of you own stack, and so you own destiny. Technology wise Azure is quite MS-agnostic, and that's the smartest thing they could have ever done with it. That said, their documentation has move from being developer-friendly to being a collection of marketing-friendly bullet points intended for pointy-haired bosses to inflict on their dev teams. Still, xradionut, would love to hear the uncomfortable questions you posed. They'd help me decide if there's more than the devil in the lack of architectural details.
  - xradionut 14y ago
    I questioned their commitment to Python since there have been some commitment questions raised about IronPython, SilverLight and such. There were bugs and a "alpha" quality to the management tools that were demoed. The presenter wasn't skilled with Node.js and replicated a SQL statement with 50 lines of code. I felt like there's a "Me Too" attitude with Microsoft and they are struggling to figure out how to deal with OSS.
bunderbunder 14y ago
> In any case; I am not sure there are any unbiased articles. . . I've found the blog Scary DBA's series of articles on the author's experience with his Surface to be quite interesting. The general shape of the story is that the first couple articles started out fairly enthusiastic, then the tone moved to one of frustration as he documented all the technical problems he was running into. Lately they've been a bit more upbeat; he seems to have reached a state of equanimity.

by Svip 14y ago

xradionut 14y ago

"In any case; I am not sure there are any unbiased articles in the tale of Windows 8." It's hard to dig the facts out of the machine. I was sitting in a Windows 8/Azure presentation last week and ask the Microsoft presenter several uncomfortable questions that he didn't want to answer. :(

phaet0n 14y ago
I'am actually interested in deploying on Azure. If you don't mind me asking, what uncomfortable questions were you asking? The only serious problem I have with Microsoft, and it is really quite a serious problem, is that you have no idea how committed they are to any of their technologies and once you've been bitten the n'th time, for n >> 0, you just desperately want to be in control of you own stack, and so you own destiny. Technology wise Azure is quite MS-agnostic, and that's the smartest thing they could have ever done with it. That said, their documentation has move from being developer-friendly to being a collection of marketing-friendly bullet points intended for pointy-haired bosses to inflict on their dev teams. Still, xradionut, would love to hear the uncomfortable questions you posed. They'd help me decide if there's more than the devil in the lack of architectural details.
- xradionut 14y ago
  I questioned their commitment to Python since there have been some commitment questions raised about IronPython, SilverLight and such. There were bugs and a "alpha" quality to the management tools that were demoed. The presenter wasn't skilled with Node.js and replicated a SQL statement with 50 lines of code. I felt like there's a "Me Too" attitude with Microsoft and they are struggling to figure out how to deal with OSS.

bunderbunder 14y ago

> In any case; I am not sure there are any unbiased articles. . . I've found the blog Scary DBA's series of articles on the author's experience with his Surface to be quite interesting. The general shape of the story is that the first couple articles started out fairly enthusiastic, then the tone moved to one of frustration as he documented all the technical problems he was running into. Lately they've been a bit more upbeat; he seems to have reached a state of equanimity.