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Re:Partnering with Microsoft: a cautionary tale. Also, ask H... by rbanffy on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @02:30PM (#1740520)
The problem is not the near-glacial timeframes. It's using you to gather requirements and knowledge and to avoid pitfalls and then, after sucking you dry, building internally.

That's simply not ethical.

(burn, karma, burn)

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Re:Partnering with Microsoft: a cautionary tale. Also, ask H... by ojilles on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @02:58PM (#1740637)
Not working for MS, etc. But I wonder if this is intentional. I'm sure this is how it can come across to a startup, but for Big Inc. I doubt they setup these meetings to "outsource" product management work...
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Re:Partnering with Microsoft: a cautionary tale. Also, ask H... by earl on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @07:35PM (#1741592)
This is, at least historically, a well known MS tactic, for which they have been sued.
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