Invisible wrote:
> Arguably this is why most M$ products aren't useful to experts. Almost 
> every M$ product I've seen to date is designed around the assumption 
> that the person using it is too stupid to operate a complex machine and 
> must therefore be prevented from doing certain things.

Huh?  SQL Server is very nice and powerful. Their IDEs are some of the best 
out there. Their latest compiler technology is in front of most other 
people. You can code Excel and Word in .NET and pull data out of 
spreadsheets to make charts, and take data off of Word forms and stick it 
into a database, all without any programming.

Hell, their word processor is powerful enough to have macros that are viruses.

How is that "too stupid to operate a complex machine"?

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