A Man and His Music: The Guru of Mighty Microsoft speaks

I like this guy from the wrong side of the Social Register becoming The Guru at Mighty Microsoft. I like him a whole lot better than his predecessor, whom I considered to be an arrogant son-of-a-bitch. I wish him well.

Two thoughts: "He who would be a leader of men must first of all be their servant." and "This  isn't a Social Club, it's a benevolent dictatorship!"

I spend an inordinate amount of time with Microsoft's products - hours daily - and as a habitual user, and borderline paranoiac, my big concern is security.
The non-Microsoft security experts claim that Microsoft's own security programs are insufficiently effective at providing an acceptable level of user protection.
This focuses our attention on two questions: (1.) How good is it? and (2.) Who do we believe?

The Cloud: Us paranoiacs need to see some proof that Microsoft's Cloud is or will be virtually "bulletproof" before we're going to be willing to trust it with all of our precious data, like those porn films we don't want Grandma to find out about, or those photos we took on vacation in Aruba last year while everyone thought we were on a business conference in Paris. Discretion being the better part of valor, we need absolute assurance that our data is going to be stored in a place where only God can see it without our permission. Can Microsoft deliver that level of security, and prove it? That's the challenge, Folks.

I didn't copy the whole article, because I hate to see a grown man cry, especially one I like, so I cut to the chase nearer the ending here. I'm impressed with his embracing inclusivism, but again, may I point out that we as users of these products expect their producers to be the best available, not just the best ethnically-diverse available. Don't settle for a token Indian if our token Black can make him look like a rank amateur! The best-qualified should get the jobs, no matter what their critics say. This, remember, isn't a democracy but rather a benevolent dictatorship. And as the little Italian mother of nine said in response to the Pope's edicts on birth control, "You no play da game, you no make-a da rules!"