My neigbour, the Ruby hacker [Sean Treadway](http://sean.treadway.info) waves “Goodbye MSFT”, in a fine posting about how That Big Windows Company is making it hard to be a programmer for their platform:
> Well, I among many others have found another way, develop applications on an understandable platform. For me “understandable†means “openâ€. “Open Source†means that I can follow and understand how the platform is shifting and not promises of how it is going to shift. Open Source means the exit is open, and I can join or leave at any time.
And he goes for the knock-out with:
> If MS really wanted to be perceived as a viable option by today’s web developers, they need to change their reputation on standards. “Embrace, extend, extinguish†is what we expect from MS. When confidence in the future for scalable ISV businesses is critical to MS marketing strategy, how can they fix this reputation? How are they fixing this now? I hear the development tools are great. But if I need their tools as well, can I really understand their platform?