Sorry, I've decided to remove the posts I put up about Microsoft recruitment. I've also disabled comments for this site, if you want to comment on a post please use the contact form for the time being - I'll be implementing a new comments system (which will require email validation) this weekend. I'm really sorry I've had to do this but recent comments have left me with no option...
UPDATE: Umm...or I will, .TEXT seems a little resistant to this...
UPDATE: Looks like there's a bug in the version of .TEXT I'm running, in the end I had to set a flag directly in the DB to do this. As I say, comments will be off until I get a new system in place, I had a total of 12 comments on my post about MS coders in comparison to Apple coders, of which 2 were positive, the rest were very nasty - looking at my log it looks like these came from the same IP / User Agent string so I guess it's one guy with a grudge. What I plan to implement is something I've been planning to do for a while, namely a way of people confirming their email addresses by my sending a mail on posting a comment. I plan to do this so it's as effortless as possible, so an simple link to click which sets a cookie on your browser, all subsequent comments can be made without confirmation. I also plan to implement CAPTCHA (well, the stuff Stephen Toub mentioned in his article...). I'm not overly sensitive but I really dislike cowardly personal attacks like I had over the past 24 hours...at least give me a change to know 1. who you are and 2. a chance to discuss your issues outside this blog.