May 19, 2004

Microsoft Speak

Whay do so many Microsofties preface every answer to a question with the word "so"? Watch any of the Channel 9 videos, or MSDN TV videos to see what I'm talking about, but it goes something like this:

Q: What are the implications of X with respect to the development of Y?
A: So, the way we approach this problem is....

I've noticed Scoble, Don Box, Chris Anderson, Bill Hill, Chris Sells, Brad Abrams, Sam Drucker, Euan Garden and Kam VedBrat doing this and I'm sure the practice is even more prevalent. Funny how corporate culture extends to speech patterns and just how sticky these habits become.

Posted by Christian at May 19, 2004 12:12 PM |
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