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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by milesf on Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:13PM (#4848793)
Don't care how good the browser is, Microsoft has caused me so much pain over the last decade and a half with their products I am simply unwilling to trust them ever again. I tolerate their products because I have to, but whenever I have the chance to slit the throat of their technologies in the workplace, I do so without remorse.

Do I sound angry? No, I'm not angry. I've just been burned too many times by Windows, Office, IE, and Exchange to be stupid enough to ever trust them again. The line about "this time we're better" is such a broken record.

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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by JimmaDaRustla on Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:19PM (#4848860)
I think you're doing something wrong...
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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by milesf on Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:27PM (#4848922)
It's possible, but completely abstaining from Microsoft products has made my life a lot happier. I'm not as angry as I used to be.
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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by timbaldridge on Thursday November 29, 2012 @01:04PM (#4849204)
+1 Since I stopped writing C# code in Visual Studio, I software development doesn't make me nearly as angry as I used to be. Now I write Clojure code on OS X, and couldn't be happier.
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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by JimmaDaRustla on Thursday November 29, 2012 @12:32PM (#4848948)
Odd, opposite here. Always have a better/easier experience with enterprise Microsoft products.
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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by joejohnson on Thursday November 29, 2012 @01:03PM (#4849194)
Do you work for Microsoft? I can't recall any enterprise Microsoft products that I would have chosen to use out side of the office.
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Re:The Browser You Loved to Hate by JimmaDaRustla on Thursday November 29, 2012 @02:59PM (#4849923)
No. I don't typically use any MSFT products outside of work other than Windows and Office. I was implying that at work, implementing things like AD permissions, Windows Server, SQL server, exchange, network shares, etc. etc. etc., MSFT solutions make for a much more pleasant experience with very few issues or headaches.

I'm a client/server web enthusiast, so I like my linux boxes and vim editor, etc. I'm not intrigued by heavy frameworks and bloated IDEs.

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