Count Infinity

Microsoft hurt my wife. Below is the email I sent to CEO Steven Ballmer (Bill Gates stepped down a while ago) and Chief Marketing Officer Mich Mathews (since this could become a PR issue, and I know that marketing can wield some heavy influence on development.)

Steve and Mich,

My wife is crying (or at least she was 5 minutes ago). She’s up very late (it’s nearly 4:00 AM here now) because she needs to complete several drawings for a final project in her class, all due tomorrow. She has to leave for work in a few hours, but it’s that time of the year again for students, and duty calls.

The reason I’m emailing you about this, is because, basically, it’s your fault. (more…)

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You can learn a lot about a person by casually reminding them that somewhere in the world, perhaps not here, but somewhere, it is 5 o’clock. Soon-to-be-drunks will rejoice. Students at various party colleges will hoot and laugh about getting their drink on. Recovered alcoholics will look at you as though you were unclean. The wonderfully naïve will stare quizzically. And, a very specific variety of programmer will collapse to the floor, curl into a ball, and start twitching uncontrollably.

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