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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Pink Minion who wrote (21933)	5/3/1999 11:34:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

My hatred of Microsoft runs deep from them destroying my 15 year career. They created the Dilbert world with their powerpoint charts and excel spreadsheets. When the pointy hairs replaced UNIX with NT that was the final straw. I had to quit. I just couldn't take it more. I am an old timer in the IT industry, too. I have had several careers "ruined" by the blunders of my masters and/or the innovations of my competitors. You seem irrational in your hatred. You have to take responsibility for your own career, especially in IT, because the ground moves beneath your feet and you can't see it unless you remain objective. Get a grip. Your irrational hatred makes you appear to be a loser, a quitter, and a whiner.

To: Pink Minion who wrote (21933)	5/3/1999 11:58:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Blaming MSFT for your failing to keep up with IT trends and becoming obsolete is your own problem. IT consulting opportunities have exploded since the 80's. If you think MSFT has a broken IT concepts then I suggest, as an IT consultant, you should see it as a way to make consulting dollars ?

To: Pink Minion who wrote (21933)	5/4/1999 3:39:00 AM
From: Nick Kline	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

I've read your postings and I don't get it. Who can't get a job in programming today who has any experience? Companies are so desperate they will hire any old person and train them, if they ever took a science class. And experienced people generally have their pick of dozens of jobs, in any sizable city, each offering more money and perks than the last. We are living in the golden age, at least in terms of money, amount of work, job offers, perks, benefits, stock options. Three years ago, when I left grad school, I had 7 offers, 6 of them Unix only. Of the 10 of so people who started grad school when I did, I'm probably the only one working in NT. There are zillions of Unix job offers out there. All the experienced people I know have multiple job offers. Where I work, we develop NT applications. I work at Microsoft on SQL Server. Most of the people I interview are very experienced with Unix, and have little or no NT experience. It doesn't really matter what OS they have worked with, its more important how good a problem solver they are, and their fundamental knowledge. But then again, most of the people I interview have PhDs or Master's Degrees. And as for me, I worked at a company that used IBM mainframes. I hated working on them, and I am glad I don't work there now. And no, its not my job to read this newsgroup or post here, I'm just reading it on my own. -nick