Re: [tlug] Re: Why Vista Sucks (was: linux: it's becoming ubiquitous)

["SL Baur" <steve@example.com>]

On 4/22/08, Attila Kinali <attila@example.com> wrote:

> Just a side note here: I've been in quite a few software companies
>  in the past years and i can tell you that although i'm not a good
>  programmer myself, the code i've seen there... well i would have
>  been to embarrassed to show it to other people if i'd have written
>  anything like that.

It's similar to the difference between writing text in a diary that *noone*
is supposed to ever read and writing a book.

Once you get over the ego problems of having someone tell you "that
sucks, please rewrite it a little differently along these lines ..."
you are well
on your way to becoming a master programmer.

The biggest disservice Microsoft is doing now is fudding Open Source.
I gladly wrote letters of recommendation for graduating students who had
contributed to XEmacs.  Best real world experience in the world you can
get without submitting a resume first and you have to start somewhere.

My own contributions follow me everywhere.  When I started at Cisco, I was
shocked at first at all the hits I got on my name in their internal
internet search.

-sb