@Alex Papadimoulis said:
When I read statmeents like this, I know it's from someone who has
never used anything but Microsoft products. If you've ever used other
vendors' software (especially in software that costs more than cars),
you'd really be praising them for releasing software that's
top-of-the-line.
Wrong, actually. I don't use their products on a day to day basis at
all. I do occasionally do development work with their products.
@Alex Papadimoulis said:
Seriously, what MS product is completely unusable? I can't think
of a single product. I can think of quite a few products that are
best-of-class. Office 2003 ... lightyears ahead of anything else
out there. Visual Studio ... nothing comes even close.
Office 2003? OpenOffice with a talking paperclip, as far as I can see.
Visual Studio is nice, but I personally find Eclipse more helpful.
@Alex Papadimoulis said:
Sure, there are lots of products that aren't the best (Source Safe) but what do you expect for the cheap price you're paying.
Ironically, SourceSafe is a good bit worse than many free tools.