Microsoft Slaps Its Most Valuable Professional 474
Violent Offender writes with a touching story in The Register about Microsoft's awarding of its Most Valuable Professional credential to a British hobbyist, Jamie Cansdale, then turning around and threatening him with a lawsuit for the very software that won him the award. The article links to the amazing correspondence from Microsoft on Cansdale's site.
MS is on a roll... (Score:5, Funny)
What are the odds?
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You must be new here.
No wait, you have a 5-digit UID. Wha?
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Not that I'm suggesting that Steve Ballmer is literally trying to get developers to sleep with him, obviously. At least, not that I'm aware of...
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Considering badgering cell-phone sales people, like those in booths at Costco selling Verizon.
To get started:
1) Is there any reason besides restraint of trade for me to sign a two-year contract?
2) When will you be getting the iPhone? Can I switch to one when they're available?
3) What was that "MP3" phone you guys had that doesn't play MPs, but requires a WINDOWS computer to convert everything to WMA? Have you thought about selling cars? You could sell "runs on cheaper diesel" cars that require the user to by your companion refinery interface that processes it (into regular gassline) before it goes into the car.
4) Which phone was it that could get ringtones and backgrounds free directly from a computer over Bluetooth before you made the manufacturer change the firmware so that such things had to come from your network at a price?
5) Please explain to me why we have to pay extra for sending text messages that use almost no network bandwidth?
6) It really was nice of you to withdraw your help to the city of New Orleans when they said they were setting up free WiFi
7) Good job with the campaign to scare people aware from hosting open wireless networks. We wouldn't want people avoiding using cell minutes by getting free access to VoIP.
8) So which of these phones can fall back to using VoIP when I've got WiFi Wireless connectivity?
9) Great job you telcos are doing offering pay-tv over the net. Isn't it convenient that you'll be buying up as much spectrum as possible so you can charge us for it after they turn off our NTSC tv.
10) I was going to offer you a good deal on a used congressman or FCC commissioner. Can you name one you don't already own?
11) I'd rather not support those broadcast stations controlled by Clear Channel. I don't suppose that you and AT&T would consider dropping all that advertising spending and giving the money back to us consumers instead?
Can you hear me now?
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