Microsoft sees cycling as inferior

[Rex Kerr]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/

Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
is inferior to driving.

 

[Rick]

Rex Kerr wrote:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>
> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
> is inferior to driving.

Not necessarily inferior, rather a mark of less success. The picture
on the right is supposed to denote a more successful, relaxed group of
developers, the one on the right a group with less success because they
are working too hard (ostensibly because they are not using MS VS).
Those with less success need to ride bikes, the more successful get
cars. That is the way I perceive the message. Not that I agree with
the message.

- rick

 

[chuck]

On 2006-09-12, Rex Kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>
> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
> is inferior to driving.
>
Nothing is more inferior than using Outlook Express for usenet. Point,
click and worry. Many cyclists feel Microsoft products are inferior to
open-source alternatives. Ballmer should get his fat ass on a bike.

 

[Bill Baka]

chuck wrote:
> On 2006-09-12, Rex Kerr <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>>
>> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
>> is inferior to driving.
>>
> Nothing is more inferior than using Outlook Express for usenet. Point,
> click and worry. Many cyclists feel Microsoft products are inferior to
> open-source alternatives. Ballmer should get his fat ass on a bike.
>
Big AMEN!!!
Bill Baka

 

[Marien LEBRETON]

Rex Kerr a écrit :

> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
> is inferior to driving.

There is a "contact us" link at the bottom of the page.
I just left them some feeling about that already...

--
Marien Lebreton
http://triban.free.fr/phpBB2/

 

[Joshua Putnam]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>
> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
> is inferior to driving.
>
>

If you read their text, they simply say the car is *faster*, can't
really argue with them there. They don't, however, mention whether
their software is enough of a resource-hog to justify the bike/car
comparison.

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[recycled-one]

"Joshua Putnam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>>
>> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
>> is inferior to driving.
>>
>>
>
> If you read their text, they simply say the car is *faster*, can't
> really argue with them there. They don't, however, mention whether
> their software is enough of a resource-hog to justify the bike/car
> comparison.

I can think of a few city riding situations where bikes are faster. I can
even think of a few trail situations where I would kick the ass of someone
trying to keep up in anything other than a Hummer H1.

The message is accurate for the general population. The only people who
commute by bike are those who have no choice; DUI's and po' people.

Yes, as a subset we RBM'ers are an exception. We have discovered the way of
the bike. But do not be annoyed at those who are still ignorant, but pity
them.

 

[Matt O'Toole]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:35:46 -0700, Joshua Putnam wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>>
>> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
>> is inferior to driving.
>>
>>
>
> If you read their text, they simply say the car is *faster*, can't
> really argue with them there.

That depends on where you live and work. In many places a bike is faster.

Matt O.

 

[Matt O'Toole]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:07:59 -0700, Rick wrote:


> Rex Kerr wrote:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>>
>> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
>> is inferior to driving.
>
> Not necessarily inferior, rather a mark of less success. The picture on
> the right is supposed to denote a more successful, relaxed group of
> developers, the one on the right a group with less success because they
> are working too hard (ostensibly because they are not using MS VS).
> Those with less success need to ride bikes, the more successful get
> cars. That is the way I perceive the message. Not that I agree with
> the message.

I disagree with that message too. In most metro areas, the more bikeable,
villagey neighborhoods are the most desirable, with the highest property
values.

Matt O.

 

[Werehatrack]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:35:46 -0700, Joshua Putnam <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
>[email protected] says...
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/difference/
>>
>> Do you spot the difference? I see that they feel that cycling to work
>> is inferior to driving.
>>
>>
>
>If you read their text, they simply say the car is *faster*, can't
>really argue with them there. They don't, however, mention whether
>their software is enough of a resource-hog to justify the bike/car
>comparison.

It's from Microsoft, the perpetrators of OOP as an inescapable
requirement; they have never yet produced a product for the Windblows
platform that wasn't an even bigger resource hog than its predecessor.

I think it's safe to say that the comparison makes the car as a
commuting medium look like using a supertanker to deliver newspapers
to oil rigs.

Microsoft will make something that doesn't suck...when they start
manufacturing vacuum cleaners.


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