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Microsoft "are"??? Microsoft "were"??? "but no are no longer..." WTF??? Isn't there some QA to these polls?
Marc
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if I had to port all the software we've written, and the embedded system, to something other than Windows.
Windows has its rough edges, and so does all other OS's (despite what Amiga and Linux geeks say). I'll stick with it until I retire. I've invested far too much time in it to just abandon it. 
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Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I code .NET, but mostly I use open source like: NHibernate, Spring.net... other .NET technology based on code generation and some silly kind of wiring does not impress me. although some sw out of boxes like exchange server (or winsows smallbiz), or sharepoint is quiet good product. Also Windows 7 is ok...
So answer:
.net is crucial
MS is less crucial (but still windows is my favorite OS platform)
C#, ASPX, SQL, novice to NHibernate
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Not my plans, but those of our customers. I suspect when we are not looking they play solitaire and minesweeper.
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At home I used Linux 60%, Windows 40%. At work its all Windows because the boss said so.
The day will come when I won't need Windows anymore... at home.
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TheLinuxCartel wrote: The day will come when I won't need Windows anymore...
I guess that would be the day you leave the industry
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I really don't know. Today's bosses are used to a Windows World.
If I become an IT boss, things will change for sure.
I like my XP SP3 a lot, but if Bill Gates forces me to abandon it, well...
It's Vista I hate. That's why I was saying Hasta La Vista.
I'll keep an eye on Windows 7.
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TheLinuxCartel wrote: The day will come when I won't need Windows anymore... at home.
I have not needed microsoft windows at home since 2004. Well at lest for the main development rig.
John
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TheLinuxCartel wrote: The day will come when I won't need Windows anymore... at home
See ya then - slams the door.
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Microsoft is important to people on a Microsoft tech website.
What were the odds against that?
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somewhat google fans ! 
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The people like to be rebellious. A thing is it that said, another is what is done.
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Microwhat???
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~70% say Microsoft are important, which, when you think about it, isn't saying much since Microsoft defined the personal computer and their effects have, and will be, felt far and wide.
But 14% say Microsoft are less important than they were. Don't you find that telling?
For me (and the reason I posted this) I find that Microsoft are becoming less and less relevant to the long term future of software development. Internet Explorer is a sad, abandoned unloved product that, as a web developer, I target as the 3rd most important browser. It used to be, without even a glimmer of a question, the most important browser to target.
SQL Server is a great product, and a hell of a lot more affordable than Oracle, but for the future I'm looking at MySQL as the database server to target.
C# rocks my socks, and the advances in .NET 4.0 are great, but for me the language has reached a point where it's perfectly usable, and while I'm still a Visual Studio guy, I'm keeping a firm eye on Mono. Windows Server isn't getting any cheaper. It will be a few years before I think about moving over, but I'm watching.
Windows Mobile is a joke. Let's not even go there. Even Blackberry with it's awful browser and crappy apps is light years ahead of Windows Mobile. And I just ditched my blackberry for an iPhone.
For my home entertainment I played with Windows Media centre a little but it made me want to scream. They just don't get it. I use an AppleTV for streaming and I simply don't even think about it anymore. It just works and keeps out of my hair.
To me, Microsoft are becoming a company that provides an excellent IDE and a hugely bloated, but still very nice, office productivity suite. For servers, mobile/phone, personal entertainment and my home computer (aka the recipe searcher, news reader and music server) I have less and less, and in some cases no need, of Microsoft.
Microsoft used to be it and a bit, but the competition is fierce and I don't feel their current CEO cares enough about how people feel (in their hearts) about their products. The slip into irrelevence is a little sad to watch. I truly wish they would take stock, work out who they are and who they want to be, and focus.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Don't really agree with you as far as server market concerns. I spend about 5 years doing Unix/Oracle/Java and I can tell you exactly why companies considering offshore: there is a perception that Unix/Java world is more scalable but the development cost there (usually hidden) is huge. Once companies commit to the switch, pretty soon they can't fund maintenance and development.
Whatever in MS world is 80 hrs dev project, in Java can easily be quadruple and that without startup cost - that on it's own can easily be 6 man/month to get all the versions and version compatibility right for all the open source projects you just have to use.
As far as open source databases (MySql, Ingress/PostGress, ...) it's either too simplistic (no sql-level programmability - stored procedures, functions - in MySql) or plain buggy (I had a problem with something as simple as autoincrement columns in PostGress).
Similar headaches (integration, stability, reliability, KB) goes for other products you would try - webservers, portals, collaboration, ... - each one design, features and deployment strategy differs soo much that you need to take a class just to understand whether it will do the job in your environment or not. Microsoft is getting there as well, but at least there is much more troubleshooting information is available on the web.
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The problem I have with Microsoft is, if they want to make more money faster, do it with new products, don't screw up existing products that are already perfect (almost).
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Well, my post was ment as a joke.
I long since gave up on MS tech (apart from visual studio, which still is the best IDE).
I used to do c++/MFC and thought it was good at the beginning. However, I got a bit disilusioned when MS abandoned MFC and decided to branch away. I do java and iPhone stuff now.
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When did Microsoft become plural?
Shouldn't all choices read "Microsoft is..." or "Microsoft was..."??
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Mike Mullikin wrote: When did Microsoft become plural?
When it was necessary to remove any doubts in any doubters' minds how undoubtedly important they are
Love is the illusion that one kiss is different from another. - e.m
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Seriously...
Or is the person who made the poll just announcing in a subtle way that just using Spell Check isn't enough! You actually have to proofread your OWN text!!!  
Or maybe we can make a smart spell checker which checks the context that the word is in, so that the write right word is used. 
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Interesting but it still doesn't explain why the first choice uses "is" and the remaining choices "was" or "were".
Also, since Microsoft is a US corporation - US English rules should apply. 
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Microsoft was..
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