>> This is just what I was thinking. How'd you like to be a fly on the wall
>> when Joe got called into the office to be told his brilliant idea really
>> sucked bigtime

I've been very nicely surprised by the response since his mess. I've gotten about a half dozen emails from various folks in various capacities - and I've seen the word "apologize" in several of them - not something you see a lot of from MSFT...

"We apologize for DLL Hell."

"We apologize for c00000000005."

"We apologize for Bob."

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I'm beginning to think that they really just goofed up. Remember that skit when Mel Gibson hosted Saturday Night Live? He did a big comparison of Movies and TV.

Movies
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I get paid a lot of money. I mean, a LOT of money. No, really, LOTS AND LOTS of money.
It's easy work.
If you screw up, you just shoot another take.

TV
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You don't get paid well at all.
It's very hard work.
If you screw up - you do it in front of millions of people - and it can ruin your career.

So... Movies - low risk, high reward. TV - high risk, low reward. So why am I on TV?

"Sometimes I don't think things through very well...."

Whil