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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: "My Opinions"
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.010859.160@microsoft.com>
- Date: 16 Aug 92 01:08:59 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Aug14.202558.6912@novell.com>
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- In article <1992Aug14.202558.6912@novell.com> chris@cad.gatech.edu (Chris McClellen) writes:
- >
- >Just curious. I see the Microsoft employees saying everything they say
- >is their opinions.
- >
- >I wonder if thats truly the case. I wonder what would happen to
- >an MS employeee if they posted on the net something like
- >
- >"NT Sucks rocks! This alpha version reaks!"
-
- Probably several things:
-
- 1) A wave of posts from other Microsoft employees disclaiming
- the original post. (We get to go first because we would
- see the article first. So there.)
- 2) A wave of posts from OS/2 advocates saying "Look! I told
- you so! Finally a robot has broken free from the control
- of the great Microsoft mass-mind!"
- 3) A second wave of posts from other Microsoft employees flaming
- the OS/2 advocates.
- 4) A wave of posts from the OS/2 advocates flaming the Microsoft
- employees.
- 5) Goto 3.
-
- So, as you can see, things wouldn't be much different.
-
-
- >(same thing that would happen to IBM employees if they said
- >"OS2 is lame")
-
- Naw - IBM employees would be hanged by their neckties.
-
-
- >Im just stating this as some posts seem to be trying to get petesk, etc
- >to say something to this effect. Folks, even if NT sucked
- >(which I don't believe, even though UI dont want to use it) you'll
- >never get them to admit it.
-
- If NT sucked, I could be persuaded to admit it, and I wouldn't
- fear retribution by higher management. I don't believe that it sucks
- at the moment. Ask me again when it ships.
-
- -Phil
-
- P.S. Scatter smileys about this post at your leisure. Except for
- my last paragraph - that one was for real.
- --
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- Phil Lafornara 1 Microsoft Way
- philipla@microsoft.com Redmond, WA 98052-6399
- Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
-