Yeah, it has always amazed me when people say that Microsoft has a competitive advantage because their different divisions could freely communicate and share code. I always tell them they should have sat in on some of the meetings between the NT RAS group and the Chicago RNA team, two groups doing the same thing whose products *had to* interop seamlessly. I worried more than once about how I should react when the fists started flying...
And of course, as someone who was eventually driven out of the company for *trying* to freely communicate and share technology between two different divisions, I have a slightly different take on the subject. (Wow, that makes my experiences sound /so/ much more noble and dramatic than they really were!)
PS: M. is still working the details and dates, but it currently looks like we're going to be attending some baseball games in NYC and Cooperstown around the end of July this year. We'll let you know formally when we have dates confirmed, but thought you might like a heads-up, so you can schedule your next trip to NC for that weekend. :)
Re: Modular operating systems
And of course, as someone who was eventually driven out of the company for *trying* to freely communicate and share technology between two different divisions, I have a slightly different take on the subject. (Wow, that makes my experiences sound /so/ much more noble and dramatic than they really were!)
PS: M. is still working the details and dates, but it currently looks like we're going to be attending some baseball games in NYC and Cooperstown around the end of July this year. We'll let you know formally when we have dates confirmed, but thought you might like a heads-up, so you can schedule your next trip to NC for that weekend. :)