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philipev
August 3rd, 2009, 11:25 AM
Hi all
I'm an ex-Microsoft employee who has finally jumped to Linux after a sorry time with that company.
I'm looking forward to a happier future with Ubuntu and Linux generally, which I have always loved for it's speed and cheeky good looks :-)
Feel free to mail/flame me.
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CaptainMark
August 3rd, 2009, 11:34 AM
Flame you?? Does that mean we can slate you for working for Bill - The physical manifest of corporate greed.
Sealbhach
August 3rd, 2009, 11:42 AM
Hi, I had a very brieft stint with Microsoft in the late 90's in Dublin... my colleagues were quite nice people but I disliked the overall corporate culture very much, especially what I read about them in the press. It was just an admin job, nothing major.
Did you work in Redmond or somewhere else? You might want to be careful about what you reveal so take it easy on them...:D
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wizard10000
August 3rd, 2009, 12:01 PM
Hi all
I'm an ex-Microsoft employee who has finally jumped to Linux after a sorry time with that company.
I'm looking forward to a happier future with Ubuntu and Linux generally, which I have always loved for it's speed and cheeky good looks :-)
Feel free to mail/flame me.
P
Nah. I'm a former Microsoft MVP (desktop operating systems) have an old MCSE and a couple other certifications. I made the switch from Windows to Linux two years ago and haven't looked back.
Welcome :)
Copernicus1234
August 3rd, 2009, 12:09 PM
I used to use Windows every day but found that I got less and less enthusiastic about the way they were going with .NET and Windows. I started losing interests in computers and only used them to play games for many years. Before that I had been a computer addict, enjoying new technologies and trying everything out.
Ubuntu simply gave me my interest in computers back. With everything ready at your fingertips in a quick and easy manner, its fun to use a computer again.
pedro3005
August 3rd, 2009, 12:17 PM
+1 at the interest in computers back. Windows just made me tired, with incredibly long boot time and overall malfunctioning.
credobyte
August 3rd, 2009, 12:19 PM
I used to use Windows every day but found that I got less and less enthusiastic about the way they were going with .NET and Windows. I started losing interests in computers and only used them to play games for many years. Before that I had been a computer addict, enjoying new technologies and trying everything out.
Ubuntu simply gave me my interest in computers back. With everything ready at your fingertips in a quick and easy manner, its fun to use a computer again.
+1 .. I switched for the same reason ( mostly ) :)
Robin Borninkhof
August 3rd, 2009, 12:22 PM
+1 at the interest in computers back. Windows just made me tired, with incredibly long boot time and overall malfunctioning.
Same here!! :D
frodon
August 3rd, 2009, 02:43 PM
Thread Moved to Community Cafe.
Welcome aboard philipev :)
MelDJ
August 3rd, 2009, 03:57 PM
the thing is windows just is too slow and it does not teach you anything. With ubuntu or any other linux distro, we actually learn about computers, whats in them, whats going on. I learned so much in just 4 months using ubuntu then in 15 years using windows:popcorn:
Bölvaður
August 3rd, 2009, 06:02 PM
Hi
Hi Philipev.
And to be just as random as the people above me....
Whow my weather thingy in Clock 2.26.0 (gnome-panel applet) says it is 11°C and raining while it is actually about 23°C and not a single cloud :o whooot?
JillSwift
August 3rd, 2009, 06:07 PM
Hi Philipev.
And to be just as random as the people above me....
Whow my weather thingy in Clock 2.26.0 (gnome-panel applet) says it is 11°C and raining while it is actually about 23°C and not a single cloud :o whooot?
Hehehe
It has long been my opinion that the weather services used by weather widgets need one more tool in their meteorological arsenal: A window.
Tipped OuT
August 3rd, 2009, 06:39 PM
Hi all
I'm an ex-Microsoft employee who has finally jumped to Linux after a sorry time with that company.
I'm looking forward to a happier future with Ubuntu and Linux generally, which I have always loved for it's speed and cheeky good looks :-)
Feel free to mail/flame me.
P
We won't flame you man. Most of us dislike Microsoft as a company, or for their products, not their employees.
donato roque
August 4th, 2009, 06:47 AM
Welcome to Ubuntu Linux, Philipev,
from a former Windows user
ade234uk
August 4th, 2009, 10:29 AM
I can imagine the amount of **** licking that went on there, and amount of back stabbing in a place like that. I bet everything has to be followed by the book 100% and nothing really ever gets solved
automaton26
August 4th, 2009, 10:39 AM
My experience of corporations is that they inevitably retain only those people who like being small cogs in big machines.
You escaped to freedom - that must count for something :)
Welcome, to your computer !
windows-killer
August 4th, 2009, 04:42 PM
I think freedom is:
* ease of use and friendliness
* compatible with various hardware
* rich library of software (both third and first party)
* use of GUI
unfortunately, Ubuntu does not meet the above standards.
Viva
August 4th, 2009, 04:46 PM
Hi all
I'm an ex-Microsoft employee who has finally jumped to Linux after a sorry time with that company.
I'm looking forward to a happier future with Ubuntu and Linux generally, which I have always loved for it's speed and cheeky good looks :-)
Feel free to mail/flame me.
P
Welcome to the community mate and congrats on your new found freedom:)
P.S Shouldn't this be in the testimonials section?
Viva
August 4th, 2009, 04:48 PM
I used to use Windows every day but found that I got less and less enthusiastic about the way they were going with .NET and Windows. I started losing interests in computers and only used them to play games for many years. Before that I had been a computer addict, enjoying new technologies and trying everything out.
Ubuntu simply gave me my interest in computers back. With everything ready at your fingertips in a quick and easy manner, its fun to use a computer again.
+1 Couldn't have said it better.
Viva
August 4th, 2009, 04:51 PM
I can imagine the amount of **** licking that went on there, and amount of back stabbing in a place like that. I bet everything has to be followed by the book 100% and nothing really ever gets solved
I don't know how appropriate this question is, but is there any truth in what Marlin Eller says about the culture at Microsoft?
andru183
August 4th, 2009, 04:56 PM
welcome, im only here a while and ive found if you need help theres 1,000's of people happy to explain how to do or make sumit happen, better than those tech centers you ring who 1st ask 'have you turned it on and off again?'
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