Has anyone read "Proudly serving my corporate masters"? - a book from an M$ employee?

[newbie~wan]

This book seems very interesting, but I am loathe to spend $25 on it. Just wondering if anyone has read it and what they thought about it if they have?

[caddmannq]

I'll wait until they issue the service pack/patch, thank you.

ROFL

might get hacked :P

[willy_ph]

Nope, but it sounds like it's right up my alley.

[jman01pa]

Does the library have it?

From the back cover:
"Why has Microsoft really been successful? Forget what you have read elsewhere. In Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters, a ten-year veteran of the front lines of the software development wars gives the real story on why the company has succeeded, what it does well and what it does badly, and what it needs to do in the future. The book has first-hand information on how Microsoft works internally: the relationships between programming teams and the rest of the company; how Microsoft recruits and interviews people; the sacrifices that are made to get software done; the lure of stock options; and what it is like to be sued by your own government. The insights are relevant for anyone interested in Microsoft, the software industry, or business in general."

[caddmannq]

No. They don't have it.

It comes with a one-user license, and you can't share it or read it aloud to anyone.

[jman01pa]

Here is more

http://dannyreviews.com/h/Proudly_Serving.html

Cadd.

From jman's link, I found a link to some of the actual book pages you can read

http://books.iuniverse.com/viewbooks...12861&page=fm3

Maybe we should buy one and share it around?

Does it need product activation I wonder?

Cheers
Mick

[newbie~wan]

They guy doesn't work at MS anymore, so I think its okay to share

I don't think he'd have called it "proudly serving my corporate masters" if he still worked there. I know I wouldn't (unless I WANTED to get fired).