Lost focus

Ok, Microsoft is just silly now. They’ve lost all perspective and are suffering from an RIAA-like obsession with piracy. It used to be that “Help” functions in software sucked: they helped generate a gigantic book industry (“Thank you for buying Office for $400, please enjoy the installation pamphlet we’ve included and hustle on over to the bookstore to drop another $60 on a book if you actually want to use it.”). Fine. Whatever. I’ve learned to accept books as a part of software cost.

But today I asked my Microsoft mail client the question “How do I change meeting reply to tentative?”, because something had changed and I didn’t know if I’d make the meeting. And, yes, I know my grammar was a little off; I typed it quickly. The first “common question” that came up in a reply was, “What should I do if I suspect I have unknowingly purchased illegal Microsoft software product(s)?”

Seriously, screw you guys.