Windows Phone 7 Team Letting Their Hair Down

[Nurhisham Hussein]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2010/09/10/a-campus-parade-to-celebrate-the-rtm-of-windows-phone.aspx' target='_blank'>http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_...dows-phone.aspx</a><br /><br /></div><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1284250633.usr14226.jpg" style="border: #d2d2bb 1px solid;" /></p><p>What do you do when you finish a major project? Celebrate of course, though having a parade wouldn't have been my first choice of things to do. The Windows Phone team have developed what amounts to a new mobile OS in less than two years, and the fruits of their labours will be unveiled for all the world to see in (probably) a month's time. It's probably back to work soon on all the stuff they left out (cut and paste, please!), but in the meantime...</p>

[benjimen]

So desperate... So sad...

[soho_1]

No competitors were harmed in the making of this parade.

http://www.asymco.com

[Macguy59]

Typical in that they have no clue who their real enemy is (Android based phones)

[benjimen]

Typical in that they have no clue who their real enemy is (Android based phones)

They have no actual enemy except relevance ;)

[efjay]

Amazing that people who obviously hate MS and WP7 would even bother to post. I guess the only thing that MS could do that would meet your approval is if they replaced WP7 with android, right?

What IS IT that creates fanboys with such a hatred of anything not running their fav OS?

[benjimen]

Amazing that people who obviously hate MS and WP7 would even bother to post. I guess the only thing that MS could do that would meet your approval is if they replaced WP7 with android, right?

What IS IT that creates fanboys with such a hatred of anything not running their fav OS?

Just stating facts... sort of ironic that you're pretty much the only one here doing what you're stating ;)

[Fritzly]

Amazing that people who obviously hate MS and WP7 would even bother to post. I guess the only thing that MS could do that would meet your approval is if they replaced WP7 with android, right?

What IS IT that creates fanboys with such a hatred of anything not running their fav OS?

I do not see how stating that the real competitor for WM7 is Android and not Apple would tag people as fanboys; "Maître à penser" would be more appropriate in my opinion......

[Jason Dunn]

So desperate... So sad...

Why's that? They're a group of people who have worked hard on a product, and now that it's shipping, they're celebrating. What's wrong with that? The fact that they held a mock funeral for their competition shows their competitive fire, which is great. I like seeing passion and commitment to success!

I swear that Microsoft could cure cancer and people would STILL criticize them for not doing it better, sooner, with a catchier product name, etc. It's just SO trendy to bash Microsoft. :rolleyes:

[egads]

Would have rather seen them dressed up in Halo gear blasting the competition, not a bunch of clowns in a pickup truck :)

[Jason Dunn]

Would have rather seen them dressed up in Halo gear blasting the competion, not a bunch of clowns in a pickup truck :)

All the Halo costumes are in use for the Halo REACH launch. :D

[Fritzly]

Why's that? They're a group of people who have worked hard on a product, and now that it's shipping, they're celebrating. What's wrong with that? The fact that they held a mock funeral for their competition shows their competitive fire, which is great.

Well, besides the obvious fact that it was not a "spontaneous" celebration of a group of people but a "corporate" planned event I would never stage a mock funeral for a competitor until my product has proven to be successful on the market. Too risks of backfire......

[benjimen]

...blah blah blah...I swear that Microsoft could cure cancer and people would STILL criticize... :rolleyes:

You may want to dig a little further into your bag for some catch-phrases -- you never know who might be reading your words and how some terms, when used lightly, can be a little unsettling.

You're certainly not the only one to do it, but coming from a family with a long history of hereditary cancers, it causes a slight tinge when writers take the topic so lightly as to use it in such a casual manner.

Perhaps you care about this perception, perhaps you don't -- but it does have an effect I believe most users of it would consider unintentional.

[Jason Dunn]

You're certainly not the only one to do it, but coming from a family with a long history of hereditary cancers, it causes a slight tinge when writers take the topic so lightly as to use it in such a casual manner.

I apologize that my use of the phrase caused you grief; that was not my intention. It's a very commonly used phrase though and I don't know how you'd avoid seeing/hearing it. I've lost several family members and a friend in her 30's to cancer, and in fact another relative I have probably won't survive to the end of the month because of cancer. So I'm sadly all too familiar with the impact of cancer...but I still won't stop using the word as if it were somehow forbidden.

[benjimen]

...I still won't stop using the word as if it were somehow forbidden.

I said nothing about the disease of CANCER being a forbidden word, just the insensitive manner in which you used the phrase. Regardless, it's a phrase you're accustom to using and will obviously continue to do so.