Like Minds
Matt Heaton is talking about Microsoft again. It’s not flattering.
Microsoft has done this to themselves because they are either incapable of producing a quality product or they don’t care anymore if their product is great. Either way its not a company I will do business with.
Do you disagree? Show me where I am wrong… I didn’t think so! – Matt Heaton / President Bluehost.com
I have to agree. Due to client requirements I’ve been using Office 2007 and MS SharePoint Designer a bit lately. Now I can see that 2007 is an improvement over previous versions of Office, but that really doesn’t take much. SharePoint Designer however, is in a whole class by itself. It is far and away the worst piece of supposed design software I’ve ever seen. The user interface is convoluted, the code it produces is crap. I’m really going to enjoy dumping it in the trash when this project is over. I won’t be using it again. I can see some benefit to SharePoint for people who need to collaborate and don’t share a workspace, but that’s the best they could do? I think Mr. Heaton is right, “they don’t care anymore if their product is great.” It’s a shame they’ve managed to corner so much of the computer OS market. It’s time someone took that away from them.
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Pingback by michael_w » Like Minds — November 27, 2007 @ 10:54 am
I’m of two minds on Microsoft. First, I should express my condolences for anyone ever having to use SharePoint anything. I quit a job once because it turned into nothing but SP administration. And I’ve been lucky enough not to use Office, almost ever, for the past few years.
But then some of their products … SQL Server is very good. So is Visual Studio, C#, and a lot of their development framework. I have a love/hate relationship with asp.net; there are a few things PHP does that should be criminal for Microsoft to neglect. But they do give you tools to go under the hood and create some very scalable software. I like that their ( low end ) dev tools are free, but I know that’s not altruism; they’re hoping people will create software that keeps Windows relevant.
It’s interesting to see who that quote comes from, since my site is hosted on Bluehost.
Comment by Forrest — November 29, 2007 @ 1:43 am
I really get a kick out of his blog. I’d read it even if I wasn’t hosted by BlueHost.
Comment by HDW — November 29, 2007 @ 8:51 am