[Joe Bonforte]

We see this kind of faux pas from Microsoft all the time (excuse my French). The company is large and the various parts are rather disconnected from one another. For those of us who deal with Microsoft on a daily basis, we see contradictory messages all the time.

The funny part is that the anti-Microsoft folks somehow simultaneously hold these two ideas in their head:

1) Microsoft marketing people are idiots who often can't get their story straight and send out contradictory messages.

2) Microsoft has lousy products and only succeeds because it has great marketing.

Take your choice, but I don't see how you can believe both of these.

[rmvh]

People can moan and complain all day long...but Microsoft remains #1....

Reason?.... Because they have excellent technology and fine marketing....People buy their products as the best available.

The myriad problems that arise as the technology moves forward is easily handled by those who understand how computers work and understand that there are hackers and idiots out there who take joy in screwing up the interent and the rest of the world.

For the rest, those who don't understand,?....I suppose they will just have to keep complaining.

[My Favorite Headache]