Tag Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft says “Boo” to Yahoo

By Gary Burge | Published: February 11, 2008
Microsoft responded today to Yahoo’s non-answer with a snarky reply that probably has all the remaining Yahoo developers sending their resumes to Google and Facebook. The breathtaking Microsoft answer, which sounds personally handcrafted by Steve Balmer: “It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair proposal to combine our companies. Based on [...]
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“Generating user instances in SQL Server is disabled”

By Gary Burge | Published: November 30, 2007
Today I compiled a Microsoft ASP.Net code sample downloaded from a programming website. This error message was displayed: “Generating user instances in SQL Server is disabled. Use sp_configure ‘user instances enabled’ to generate user instances.” Being a Microsoft SQLServer novice, I wasn’t sure of the solution. I executed the command “sp_configure ‘user instances enabled’” but [...]
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The sad state of ASP.Net programming

By Gary Burge | Published: November 30, 2007
I have been doing some Microsoft ASP.Net programming over the past few weeks. Compared to my beloved Linux – Apache – MySQL – PHP – HTML – Javascript platform, programming in Visual Studio is a lot like flying a modern jet airliner: it’s all done with wires. I call it “programming by holding your mouth [...]
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Thank you, Microsoft, for helping me to understand Facebook

By Gary Burge | Published: October 25, 2007
I read glowing accounts in
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Microsoft’s stealth Windows update

By Gary Burge | Published: September 13, 2007
Update: Microsoft has acknowledged the update, but says unannounced, non-consensual installations are standard procedure. See “Microsoft responds to stealth update issue” by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. Then read Adrian’s analysis of Microsoft’s statement here. Microsoft may have already overwritten files on your PC without your permission or knowledge, even if you have “automatic updates” set to [...]
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  • About Gary Burge

    I am an experieced web programmer, techno-activist, romantic idealist, who never quite left the sixties, even though I became quite successful in the Internet space.

    My business philosphy is different now than when I toiled in the bigco world. About a decade ago I experienced a life-altering epiphany: I was sacrificing my personal life and health to feed a corporate monster.

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