Yes, the following is from a Microsoft MVP. OK, begin throwing things right….now! Seriously, I thought it was interesting to gain some insight with regard to how she sees open source fans and how a select few morons have managed to get us all stamped as Microsoft “haters”. While it is certainly no secret that I despise much of what MS has done over the years, I would hardly say that I am somebody who “hates the company” per se. Blanket hatred is often a sign of someone that likely has other issues to contend with…

Yesterday I spent the day at the Vermont Business EXPO. I was there as a board member of the Vermont Sotware Developer Alliance because we had a booth. My pal Joe Golden, who I know through the organization, was also helping out at the booth.
Joe’s a Linux guy. He owns Green Mountain Linux. When I first saw Joe in the morning, I didn’t recognize him as he had shaved off his full beard that I was used to! (I vote for keeping the new look, Joe.)
Joe’s a cool guy, too. But he has this Open Source hatred for all things Microsoft. Fortunately, I seem to be the exception. When I arrived at the booth, he informed me with pride (and a little disgust) that he had actually touched the windows laptop that was being used to run Microsoft Powerpoint in order to get that going in the morning. I brought my Toshiba M400 with the nearly Beta 2 (build 5381) bits on it. He laughed at the Aero glass “Mac’s had it for years” and when he saw he gadget bar he said “oh, you have widgets now too!”….. Source: DevSource

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