Comments on: Yahoos won’t work for Microsoft

By: VB6 works fine on XP but not Vista - Error 445 | keyongtech

VB6 works fine on XP but not Vista - Error 445 | keyongtech — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:02:54 +0000

[…] Re: VB6 works fine on XP but not Vista - Error 445 On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:37:54 -0800, "Karl E. Peterson" wrote: in >Robert Morley wrote: >>I think some of the Office apps have an Application.FileSearch. Maybe it’s >> not VB6 but VBA? > >You’re probably right. Yeah, looks like it’s part of the Office Object Model… > >http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib…ffice.10).aspx > >I think the OP needs to provide a little more context/code to have any hope of >troubleshooting, here. None of the examples on that page show the sort of usage he >suggests. > >Hmmmm, a little googling makes me think perhaps we’re not getting all the >information! > >http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/archive…/t-250502.html > >Turns out FileSearch was *dropped* from Office 2007. So much for "COM is a >contract!", huh? Thought you’d be amused with this: http://www.techyouruniverse.com/tech…-for-microsoft […]

By: nick

nick — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:24:50 +0000

@dave, you wrote:
"Yea, like SQL Server 2005 that does not have a single disclosed security vulnerabily to date after being on the market for 3 years."

Good point, I bet MSFT does have a few secure products if we look hard enough. Following your logic, since Notepad [probably] doesn’t have any security holes either, that means that all versions of Windows are secure, right?

End sarcasm.

My original comment stands. Microsoft products are full of security holes. Microsoft has a poor history when it comes to security, and no one in their right mind would deny that, not even Bill Gates himself. Search around and you’ll find his internal memo on Trustworthy Computing.

Microsoft has made progress on this front. They suck less than they did 10 years ago. However, Microsoft is not well trusted in the industry, and a big reason for that is their poor security.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:39:11 +0000

"Their server software does not scale, is not stable, and is full of security holes"
Yea, like SQL Server 2005 that does not have a single disclosed security vulnerabily to date after being on the market for 3 years.
http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2008/03/05/sql-server-fact-checking-recent-vulnerability-history.aspx

By: BINC

BINC — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:52:39 +0000

Great post! We work in the recruiting industry and constantly hear reasons why or why not candidates are leaving yahoo! One of them was they don’t want to be part of the Yahoo!/Microsoft Merger.

By: » Reason People are Leaving Yahoo (compiled from our candidates) Ask BINC: The BINC Blog: Ask BINC

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:25:47 +0000

[…] with Microsoft/Yahoo potential merger and don’t want any part of it. - There was a posting on Techyouruniverise.com, written by a current yahoo employee. He goes into detail about why yahoos won’t go to work for […]

By: Lukemp

Lukemp — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:29:59 +0000

Brilliant text., brother

By: Prashant

Prashant — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:23:01 +0000

For a year after college, I programmed at an Investment Bank, using only Open Source
Technology, and I didn’t find the transition to Microsoft bad at all. I thought it was good
to get an opportunity to something new — .NET,C# etc. Take it as an opportunity to learn
something new. But then I guess each of us has different views.

On the whole, I do you really think Yahoo might be forced to use completely different
technology ? Maybe not. ( Not that I have much idea about this ) Things might not be as bad as you feel.

By: Another Yahoo

Another Yahoo — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:02:43 +0000

@Fellow Yahoo:

"I encourage you to talk to someone who has worked there or works there now and see if you think they’re evil."

Over the last decade, I’ve worked with MS plenty and asked the pointed questions more than once. The general response was "yes, they are an evil empire. When you start working here you don’t stop thinking they’re evil - you simply start accepting it."

—-

As a Yahoo! engineer, I won’t just lay down my arms and walk away if Microsoft buys us out. Maybe if I were fresh out of school, had no fiscal responsibilities other than to myself, and if I were full of these grand and glowing ideas that there existed a Utopian company… But I know better, and I know that whether you’re going Yahoo! to Google, Google to Yahoo!, or Yahoo! to Microsoft, you’re simply trading one set of headaches for another. I left off a transition starting with Microsoft because everyone knows when Microsoft is on your resume, nobody else wants to hire you anymore.

By: Tim Hentenaar's Blog

Tim Hentenaar's Blog — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:54:39 +0000

[…] hit home. Nick, a Yahoo employee, made some very interesting points on his blog post entitled "Yahoos won’t work for Microsoft". In said post, he postulates that many Yahoo employees would have left had the deal gone through. […]

By: PingPing

PingPing — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:37:40 +0000

Dude, in the worst case, you can always drive 4 miles north on 101 and work for Google!!!