--- title: "Microsoft does, but can do even more" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/9/microsoft-does-but-can-do-even-more.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/9/microsoft-does-but-can-do-even-more.html" published: "2003-07-09T16:21:00" updated: "2003-07-09T16:21:00" tags: ["Blogging", "Off Topic"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "I was glad to see that Paul Vick read what I wrote (but answered on a different subject). It feels good to know that the right people are reading what you are saying. Paul - if youre reading this - I love what you did…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # Microsoft does, but can do even more By Roy Osherove July 9, 2003 In [Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging), [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic) **Historical article** · Originally published July 9, 2003; technical details may be outdated. I was glad to see that [Paul Vick](http://www.panopticoncentral.net/PermaLink.aspx/79f8ee66-6af9-45ec-9eca-f4723dc78175)  [read what I wrote](http://www.panopticoncentral.net/PermaLink.aspx/79f8ee66-6af9-45ec-9eca-f4723dc78175)(but answered on a different subject). It feels good to know that the right people are reading what you are saying. Paul - if youre reading this - I **love** what you did with VB.Net. You're making a great product(yes, it has its shortcomings, just like any other product.). hey , if you run into the C# team, tell them that I **love** C# as well. they are both reall cool products. Actually, I'll spill it all(no this is not a suck up) - I really like what y'all did with .Net, as a whole. It's one hell of a framework, and I love using it. It solves lots of problems, and the community that is starting to gather up is quite amazing. **Kudos**. Now, here's what I'd like to see you do more of: - Be more involved in the community (being a weblogger - having your people blog who be a great way IMHO). There's nothing I love more than to follow the personal musings of the people who actually decide what I'll get to program on for the next so and so years. - That  also means being more involved in Israel(or any other country that feels neglected). Yeah, the last .Net deep dive event was great, but I want more. If you have giveaways for MSDN subscriptions, don't just give them out in the US(I'll just mention the lates free PDA giveaway, or the free practices book that could only be sent inside the US). I don;t want a second grade, handdwon downloadable copy - I want the real deal. (i.e "First class citizens") Ugh, I can't think of more stuff. I'm too tired. But I'll update this post if something else comes up. ## More in Blogging [All posts in Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging) - Jul 14, 2003 ### [Vote for your favorite desktop at the .Net Desktops Contest](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/14/vote-for-your-favorite-desktop-at-the-net-desktops-contest.html) - Jul 11, 2003 ### [The blogger chain letter?](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/11/the-blogger-chain-letter.html) - Jul 7, 2003 ### [FeedDemon fixes abound!](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/7/feeddemon-fixes-abound.html) - Jul 3, 2003 ### [6 months and counting](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/3/6-months-and-counting.html) --- ## About the author **Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery. ### Sites - [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership. - [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. Author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership; consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery, plus about 20 years of blog posts. - [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin. - [5whys.com](https://www.5whys.com): Roy's writing on software team leadership: self-organizing teams, surviving chaos, learning mode and the Elastic Leadership model. - [Pipeline Driven](https://pipelinedriven.org): Continuous delivery and DevOps practices: build patterns, pipeline-friendly testing, DevOps metrics and enterprise DevOps. - [Elastic Leadership](https://www.elasticleadership.com): Elastic Leadership, Roy's framework for software team leaders (survival, learning and self-organizing modes). ### Social - X: https://x.com/royosherove - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osherove/ ### Contact - Contact form: https://forms.gle/jQSx5KoXvrVA1JCK7 ### License Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). 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