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Aloone_Jonez

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How Microsoft works.
« on: 13 November 2005, 01:39 »
This is both funny and sort of interesting and well bullshit, I expected better from HowStuffWorks.com.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #1 on: 13 November 2005, 01:54 »
Hahahaha, that is a joke. :D

But what can they say without getting sued? :(
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #2 on: 13 November 2005, 01:57 »
Bahhh ... most of the stuff on HowStuffWorks.com is bullshit anyway, can't expect their article on M$ to be any less shitty than the rest
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #3 on: 13 November 2005, 02:05 »
I love how they say that Windows allowed you to turn an obsolete PC into a Mac-like interface at "one-tenth the cost of buying a Mac."  I didn't know XTs ran Windows very well.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #4 on: 13 November 2005, 02:21 »
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Bahhh ... most of the stuff on HowStuffWorks.com is bullshit anyway, can't expect their article on M$ to be any less shitty than the rest

I disagree, there is lots of good stuff on HowStuffWorks.com, personally I think their C tutorial rocks.

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But what can they say without getting sued?:(


This is the real reason for this total bullshit, I wish they haden't botherd to write it at all, perhapps this is MS sponsored.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #5 on: 13 November 2005, 02:33 »
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I disagree, there is lots of good stuff on HowStuffWorks.com, personally I think their C tutorial rocks.



This is the real reason for this total bullshit, I wish they haden't botherd to write it at all, perhapps this is MS sponsored.

That wouldn't surprise me. :rolleyes:
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #6 on: 13 November 2005, 05:06 »
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Microsoft designs its teams to be overworked. Project managers calculate the number of staff members needed to accomplish a task, then reduce it. This results in a team that has to scramble immediately or be overwhelmed. Microsoft also takes great care to choose the "right" people. The take-away is that Microsoft has very specific criteria their workers must fulfill, and they have developed an innovative means of assessing candidates: They ask them riddles. A company built on dominating via improvisation and high-energy needs high-energy problem solvers who don't mind working 72 hours straight. Although this type of employee seems difficult to find, somehow Microsoft keeps finding them.
And this is a good thing? Explains a lot.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #7 on: 13 November 2005, 14:29 »
Maybe we should write our own article on how Microsoft works, if this one is bullshit.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #8 on: 13 November 2005, 21:08 »
That is incredible! :D

More sad than funny, though...
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #9 on: 14 November 2005, 05:34 »
:mad: What a crock of shit. The guy that wrote that article grabbed his ankles and put his head between his legs for Bill Gates. OMG his computer must be overflowing with bs.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #10 on: 14 November 2005, 06:15 »
Yeah, we all kind figured that.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #11 on: 15 November 2005, 12:09 »
Exactly.
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #12 on: 22 November 2005, 16:03 »
"The take-away is that Microsoft has very specific criteria their workers must fulfill, and they have developed an innovative means of assessing candidates: They ask them riddles."
I guess indians must me very good at riddles :(
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"Although this type of employee seems difficult to find, somehow Microsoft keeps finding them."
well, they say there's a billion people in india...




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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #13 on: 22 November 2005, 22:12 »
The go to india because they work them like slaves and not pay them shit, and they get them cheap.:thumbup:
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Re: How Microsoft works.
« Reply #14 on: 3 December 2005, 05:21 »
Yep. I do have to admit to using SkypeOut to piss them off...

Works very well - just bullshit them for ages and think about Microsoft's phone bill...
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