Toy,
You are quite good at demonstrating your cluelessness with posts like that. Microsoft employees defend Microsoft because they believe in the company. People who join Microsoft from other companies quickly develop the same loyalty, one that comes from inside not from some executive, Bill or otherwise. This belief in the company and its people is a strength you will most likely never understand, and runs contrary to your idea that developers and office workers are "lowly" employees.
One of the secrets of Microsoft's success is that no one is "lowly", and they know it. Developers, administrative assistants, marketing staff, managers, and executives work together, each doing their part, to make the company, their company, successful. You obviously don't get it, like so many things.
I am not aware of ANY directive, implied or otherwise, by Bill or any executive at Microsoft asking employees to uphold an image. In fact, the last time I saw Bill and other execs address the company, it was to tell Microsoft employees to ignore the spin of would-be doctors like yourself and build great products.
I'm staying away from the computer for a few weeks, so I probably won't reply to any response you choose to expel.
Mike |
