In a year, this will be a footnote in an argument between two computer programmers. But don't worry. Microsoft will do it again. They'll put something out that will have some insignificant little glitch that the media will blow out of proportion and we can all point at the monster on the hill and talk about how much we hate it. I wonder though, if in the hallowed halls of Microsoft, the brass is upset or happy.
Promotion is the name of the game in the software business.
The more the media screams, the more the name gets out, and the more the public knows what Microsoft is offering. And that's that. Thanks for reading. I'm darn close to finishing the JavaScript Goodies book. Next week, I'll write up a newsletter on the process of getting a computer book published and written.