Dear Mickeysoft
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Yesterday was a holiday, so today would have been perfect to take a day off for a long weekend. Instead, I decided to come to work today to finish something I promised the boss to have it ready for him on monday. The only thing I had to do was to wake up the computer and everything was already to go. Mickeysoft had other plans. My Visual Studio license had evaporated, as it does every few months. Why does this shit always happen when nobody is here to look up the license keys? Unimportant, because Mickeysoft also pretends not to know me anymore. Even with a license key I could not do anything at the moment. And, dear Mickeysoft, this is why I will not spend even one more Cent on your junk. If you must let your users hop through hoops once in a while, then see to it that it works and that the user can get on with his work. Even better, think about minimizing the hoops to jump through, so that the users don't associate your Mickeysoft logo with needless trouble so quickly and don't automatically throw up when seeing it. And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Yesterday was a holiday, so today would have been perfect to take a day off for a long weekend. Instead, I decided to come to work today to finish something I promised the boss to have it ready for him on monday. The only thing I had to do was to wake up the computer and everything was already to go. Mickeysoft had other plans. My Visual Studio license had evaporated, as it does every few months. Why does this shit always happen when nobody is here to look up the license keys? Unimportant, because Mickeysoft also pretends not to know me anymore. Even with a license key I could not do anything at the moment. And, dear Mickeysoft, this is why I will not spend even one more Cent on your junk. If you must let your users hop through hoops once in a while, then see to it that it works and that the user can get on with his work. Even better, think about minimizing the hoops to jump through, so that the users don't associate your Mickeysoft logo with needless trouble so quickly and don't automatically throw up when seeing it. And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
Or have installed the Community Edition ... :laugh:
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Yesterday was a holiday, so today would have been perfect to take a day off for a long weekend. Instead, I decided to come to work today to finish something I promised the boss to have it ready for him on monday. The only thing I had to do was to wake up the computer and everything was already to go. Mickeysoft had other plans. My Visual Studio license had evaporated, as it does every few months. Why does this shit always happen when nobody is here to look up the license keys? Unimportant, because Mickeysoft also pretends not to know me anymore. Even with a license key I could not do anything at the moment. And, dear Mickeysoft, this is why I will not spend even one more Cent on your junk. If you must let your users hop through hoops once in a while, then see to it that it works and that the user can get on with his work. Even better, think about minimizing the hoops to jump through, so that the users don't associate your Mickeysoft logo with needless trouble so quickly and don't automatically throw up when seeing it. And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
CodeWraith wrote:
And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
Spot on. I've actually been tempted to download cracked MS cr@pware, when I've bought new machines, because it's a damned sight less trouble than being honest and decent. But that's the way the world is, these days. If you're a good person, who doesn't want to cause trouble for anyone or steal from anyone, you'll never be left alone by @rseholes who claim all kinds of power over you, pretending that they're protecting you and your rights.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Yesterday was a holiday, so today would have been perfect to take a day off for a long weekend. Instead, I decided to come to work today to finish something I promised the boss to have it ready for him on monday. The only thing I had to do was to wake up the computer and everything was already to go. Mickeysoft had other plans. My Visual Studio license had evaporated, as it does every few months. Why does this shit always happen when nobody is here to look up the license keys? Unimportant, because Mickeysoft also pretends not to know me anymore. Even with a license key I could not do anything at the moment. And, dear Mickeysoft, this is why I will not spend even one more Cent on your junk. If you must let your users hop through hoops once in a while, then see to it that it works and that the user can get on with his work. Even better, think about minimizing the hoops to jump through, so that the users don't associate your Mickeysoft logo with needless trouble so quickly and don't automatically throw up when seeing it. And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
Been using MS products every day of my professional life for the last 20 years and never once had this problem. I'd say you're more the exception than the rule.
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Been using MS products every day of my professional life for the last 20 years and never once had this problem. I'd say you're more the exception than the rule.
Yes, three exceptions at the same day in the same place, now also including our boss himself. All our licenses have become 'stale', as they call it, all three Visual Studios are now on 'extended trial', which has also instantly expired and this registration/activation thingie does not recognize our user accounts anymore.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote:
And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
Spot on. I've actually been tempted to download cracked MS cr@pware, when I've bought new machines, because it's a damned sight less trouble than being honest and decent. But that's the way the world is, these days. If you're a good person, who doesn't want to cause trouble for anyone or steal from anyone, you'll never be left alone by @rseholes who claim all kinds of power over you, pretending that they're protecting you and your rights.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
No. You can be honest without any harassment. For example, I can live very well with SharpDevelop instead of VisualStudio.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Been using MS products every day of my professional life for the last 20 years and never once had this problem. I'd say you're more the exception than the rule.
The same for me. Ok, for me, it´s the last 14 years… ;) On the other side, i recently had to "repair" one of my Accounts and in order to prevent malicious password resets they´re using those ubiquitous everywhere-known captchas. the problem i was facing: I absolutely was not able to recognize their clutter of letters. :wtf: :wtf: i postponed the whole sh*** a few days et voila, they gave me a mainly readable one… :sigh:
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No. You can be honest without any harassment. For example, I can live very well with SharpDevelop instead of VisualStudio.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
While programming with SharpDevelop, you can listen to ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - YouTube[^] :-\
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Been using MS products every day of my professional life for the last 20 years and never once had this problem. I'd say you're more the exception than the rule.
Don't bother him with the facts. He wants to hate Microsoft. I've seen him call people fanbois (or whatever the term is) when all they say is that they have not had the same problem. When people complain that Microsoft products are not perfect it reminds me of 3 important points. 1. Go find a better product and stop using Microsoft. 2. What major piece of software or OS have you written that is bug free? 3. We're software developers so go fix their product. They have the best API's and SDK's and always have. :^)
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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While programming with SharpDevelop, you can listen to ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - YouTube[^] :-\
RickZeeland wrote:
While programming with SharpDevelop, you can listen to ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) - YouTube[^]
Good point. Does anyone else have such excellent reasons for not using SharpDevelop?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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CodeWraith wrote:
And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
Spot on. I've actually been tempted to download cracked MS cr@pware, when I've bought new machines, because it's a damned sight less trouble than being honest and decent. But that's the way the world is, these days. If you're a good person, who doesn't want to cause trouble for anyone or steal from anyone, you'll never be left alone by @rseholes who claim all kinds of power over you, pretending that they're protecting you and your rights.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
The same thing happens to any law-abiding citizen. The most egregious example is the laws imposed on law-abiding gun owners in a pointless effort to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Only the law-abiding gun owner is affected. Criminals, by their very nature, don't obey the law, so the laws are pointless.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Don't bother him with the facts. He wants to hate Microsoft. I've seen him call people fanbois (or whatever the term is) when all they say is that they have not had the same problem. When people complain that Microsoft products are not perfect it reminds me of 3 important points. 1. Go find a better product and stop using Microsoft. 2. What major piece of software or OS have you written that is bug free? 3. We're software developers so go fix their product. They have the best API's and SDK's and always have. :^)
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
ZurdoDev wrote:
He wants to hate Microsoft.
That's not even remotely true of the vast majority of people who complain about MS. I was a big MS booster, back in the day when they were a software company that gave a cr@p about their customers' needs and the quality/usefulness of their products. That a company that inspired such loyalty in me, and in millions of others, could turn into such cr@p is depressing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ZurdoDev wrote:
He wants to hate Microsoft.
That's not even remotely true of the vast majority of people who complain about MS. I was a big MS booster, back in the day when they were a software company that gave a cr@p about their customers' needs and the quality/usefulness of their products. That a company that inspired such loyalty in me, and in millions of others, could turn into such cr@p is depressing.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
That's not even remotely true of the vast majority of people who complain about MS.
I agree.
Mark_Wallace wrote:
could turn into such cr@p is depressing.
That's a very interesting perspective. I think their software is better than it has ever been. Any examples you care to share?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Don't bother him with the facts. He wants to hate Microsoft. I've seen him call people fanbois (or whatever the term is) when all they say is that they have not had the same problem. When people complain that Microsoft products are not perfect it reminds me of 3 important points. 1. Go find a better product and stop using Microsoft. 2. What major piece of software or OS have you written that is bug free? 3. We're software developers so go fix their product. They have the best API's and SDK's and always have. :^)
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
ZurdoDev wrote:
He wants to hate Microsoft
EVERYBODY wants to hate Microsoft. Some of us are simply better at it than others...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
Yesterday was a holiday, so today would have been perfect to take a day off for a long weekend. Instead, I decided to come to work today to finish something I promised the boss to have it ready for him on monday. The only thing I had to do was to wake up the computer and everything was already to go. Mickeysoft had other plans. My Visual Studio license had evaporated, as it does every few months. Why does this shit always happen when nobody is here to look up the license keys? Unimportant, because Mickeysoft also pretends not to know me anymore. Even with a license key I could not do anything at the moment. And, dear Mickeysoft, this is why I will not spend even one more Cent on your junk. If you must let your users hop through hoops once in a while, then see to it that it works and that the user can get on with his work. Even better, think about minimizing the hoops to jump through, so that the users don't associate your Mickeysoft logo with needless trouble so quickly and don't automatically throw up when seeing it. And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
CodeWraith wrote:
My Visual Studio license had evaporated, as it does every few months. Why does this sh*t always happen when nobody is here to look up the license keys? Unimportant, because Mickeysoft also pretends not to know me anymore. Even with a license key I could not do anything at the moment.
Used to happen to me twice a year like clockwork. I'd come in to work, fire up VS and... license key had expired. Except when we checked, Microsoft's dashboards still showed it as valid and active. Only way to fix it was to break the connection to my work email then re-establish it and go through the signup process. Hasn't happened for almost 12 months, so I'm a bit nervous that it'll break at any moment. OT: Mickeysoft sounds like a name that Disney would use for their internal software team.
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Don't bother him with the facts. He wants to hate Microsoft. I've seen him call people fanbois (or whatever the term is) when all they say is that they have not had the same problem. When people complain that Microsoft products are not perfect it reminds me of 3 important points. 1. Go find a better product and stop using Microsoft. 2. What major piece of software or OS have you written that is bug free? 3. We're software developers so go fix their product. They have the best API's and SDK's and always have. :^)
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Yesterday was a holiday, so today would have been perfect to take a day off for a long weekend. Instead, I decided to come to work today to finish something I promised the boss to have it ready for him on monday. The only thing I had to do was to wake up the computer and everything was already to go. Mickeysoft had other plans. My Visual Studio license had evaporated, as it does every few months. Why does this shit always happen when nobody is here to look up the license keys? Unimportant, because Mickeysoft also pretends not to know me anymore. Even with a license key I could not do anything at the moment. And, dear Mickeysoft, this is why I will not spend even one more Cent on your junk. If you must let your users hop through hoops once in a while, then see to it that it works and that the user can get on with his work. Even better, think about minimizing the hoops to jump through, so that the users don't associate your Mickeysoft logo with needless trouble so quickly and don't automatically throw up when seeing it. And, as always, it's the honest users that you punish. The dishonest users always have patched the whole mess away and laugh their rear parts off.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
Yeah, MS can be a pain. At the moment, I'm especially p*ssed off at their continual Windows Update problems. They really need to improve their QA on that process. With VS, I've never experienced licensing issues. Though, perhaps, its because I go with the Standard subscription, instead of the Cloud subscription. With Standard, if the license expires everything continues working fine; you simply can't upgrade to the next version. If you're experiencing the license issues that frequently, maybe something to consider? Though, in fairness, you shouldn't have to work around MS issues.
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ZurdoDev wrote:
He wants to hate Microsoft
EVERYBODY wants to hate Microsoft. Some of us are simply better at it than others...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
EVERYBODY wants to hate Microsoft
There's even the MSHF(*) cert you can get for it. (*)Microsoft Hate :elephant:
Software Zen:
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
That's not even remotely true of the vast majority of people who complain about MS.
I agree.
Mark_Wallace wrote:
could turn into such cr@p is depressing.
That's a very interesting perspective. I think their software is better than it has ever been. Any examples you care to share?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
ZurdoDev wrote:
Any examples you care to share?
Seriously? Do you use windows 10 or later versions of MS Office? (Office 2007 was bad enough, but the productivity-killing "COOOOOOL!" stuff from 2013 onward has made it ridiculous). The only MS product that hasn't been dragged down to the bottom of the pit is VS -- but that's because their developers use it, and they only do unto others, not unto themselves.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ZurdoDev wrote:
Any examples you care to share?
Seriously? Do you use windows 10 or later versions of MS Office? (Office 2007 was bad enough, but the productivity-killing "COOOOOOL!" stuff from 2013 onward has made it ridiculous). The only MS product that hasn't been dragged down to the bottom of the pit is VS -- but that's because their developers use it, and they only do unto others, not unto themselves.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
Seriously?
Yes. As you can see from other responses, many people have no problems with Microsoft.
Mark_Wallace wrote:
Do you use windows 10 or later versions of MS Office?
I have used every version of Windows and Office since '95. But I noticed you did not give any specific examples. I'll give you one. Windows 8. That was terrible. But they quickly rectified that. So, no, I don't see what you see which is why I wanted specific examples.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it. Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
