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I went pretty far (for me, anyway) into the Microsoft bubble last month when I did a small demo as part of a PDC keynote and I noticed that there is a love that

I went pretty far (for me, anyway) into the Microsoft bubble last month when I did a small demo as part of a PDC keynote and I noticed that there is a love that dare not speak its name, and that name is iPhone. I met one guy who would use an old crappy phone during the day and swap sim cards into his iPhone when he knew nobody was around. Another guy wanted to snap a picture of something and send it to me, but was hesitant to take his iPhone out of his pocket, not knowing who might be around to see him using it. I'm sure some of it is joking, some of it is half-joking, but there is some anxiety around being seen internally using a competitor's winning product.

forensic 17y ago
The funny thing about Microsoft is it has always looked to me like a great environment for a developer to enjoy his work and life. It seems like a good place to have a career. But at the same time... I would almost never use any Microsoft products. So I have this weird schizophrenic attitude towards them. The only MS products I can stomach using is Word and the XBOX. Everything else is yucky compared to the competitors. It makes me wonder how the Microsoft devs can stand it.
- MartinCron 17y ago
  "Everything else is yucky compared to the competitors" I'm guessing you don't often use Excel or the (yucky) Excel competitors.