>I've heard that you can make good money working WITH M$, but nobody got really well of working FOR them. They'd be a nice notch on the belt - I only went as far as phone interview, and still count that among my bragging rights, but actually didn't exactly feel like working for a company I love to hate.

I think the revolution in media distribution that's about to happen means working in a technology company will be the most exciting job in the world.

But does Microsoft have the infrastructure to execute?

They're reminding me a lot more of present day Sun these days than they do of present day Apple, not in ideas, but in execution.