I was talking to someone yesterday about the differences between a startup and Microsoft. After accepting the lack of agility that comes with being in a 70,000 people company, I said something like "The good thing about Microsoft is....when you ship something like Windows, you *know* that it is going to impact hundreds of millions of people".

I was reminded of that when I read Larry Osterman's post on the Windows Vista ship gift.


"...We build software line by line, idea by idea, side by side. Our software is an expression of ourselves, our best moments, our toughest challenges, our greatest hopes. So it's a strange and beautiful day when this handcrafted product leaves our labs and appears on millions of computers around the globe. Remember this day. You have changed the world."



Truer words have never been spoken. Here's to the Windows team. In a world where the phrase is over-used, you guys truly have changed the world.

Rock on.

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