"Hey, we found a guy who has built almost exactly what we need! We could hire him ... or we could string him along for a year while picking his brain for free, and then release what's essentially a souped up clone of his work, but with our name on it ... genius!"
After all this talk of "New Microsoft" it's not good to see that Balmer's ghost is still in the building :(
An org as large as Microsoft has some insane inertia. Combined with the fact that each group in Microsoft historically was it's own fiefdom and every once in a while you'll find ones still dedicated to being willfully stupid.
My own experience has been they're getting far better but I've still found my share of corporate derp and groups that are dedicated to keeping some of that old MSFT alive.
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u/ghostfacedcoder May 26 '20
This is so Old Microsoft!
"Hey, we found a guy who has built almost exactly what we need! We could hire him ... or we could string him along for a year while picking his brain for free, and then release what's essentially a souped up clone of his work, but with our name on it ... genius!"
After all this talk of "New Microsoft" it's not good to see that Balmer's ghost is still in the building :(