Microsoft Makes Me Want to Puke

Rapacious, greedy, self-serving, anti-social company. Microsoft has thousands of developers out there who are selling their products. I was recently told by a prospective client that he would prefer to have his web service coded in LAMP, but he would consider a Microsoft platform. I told him I would prefer to code on a Microsoft platform.

To me, that is selling for Microsoft. But what happens when I want to go to VSLive! San Francisco? I'm told I have to cough up $1695 for the privilege of learning the product line. For the privilege of selling for Microsoft. That makes me want to puke. End of rant.