Joel Spolsky tells us why MSFT is doomed...

...and it has nothing to do with Linux. (Or Open Source more generally.)

Great quote, which Joel puts on his front page:

“There are two opposing forces inside Microsoft, which I will refer to, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, as The Raymond Chen Camp and The MSDN Magazine Camp.”

Geeky, but very much worth it if that's your kink.

Absolutely amazing CGI.

While I'm referring to folks from MSFT, even if elliptically, Robert Scoble points to the jaw-dropping home-made computer-graphic animation movie This Wonderful Life. I'm not 100% sure if I understand the ending, but this was a 23-month labor of love by a guy with off-the-shelf software, an AMD Athlon-based system, and more patience than Job (probably). The results will amaze you.

Note: The movie is big (26MB), longish for online (I think about 10 mins), and in QuickTime (click the link if you need the player).

The dedicated web site for This Wonderful Life, which has info on its creator, Liam Kemp, and stills (but not the movie itself) may be found here. Note again: That may be the most intensive web site I've yet seen for the Flash Player by Macromedia. Given the movie, what a surprise, eh?