GeekFossil

In a nuclear explosion or other extreme release of pent up energy (such as rage) the thermal radiation will travel in straight line from the originating fireball so any opaque object in it’s path will produce a protective shadow on a flat surface behind the object. So what? I may not have nuke, but I have that much pent up rage at Microsoft.
 
You know Microsoft, the software giant which never fails to meet our expectations of quality concerning their products. Once again a promising product has been so badly rendered as to make it nuclear rage level frustrating to use and thus limiting it potential.
 
Today’s example is SSIS 2005 SQL Server Integration Services. Typical Microsoft great potential, but poor implementation. Like Windows Vesta this thing was rolled before it was ready.If you attempt  to wander off the pretty interface reservation. You are faced with a coding nightmare of EPIC proportions. You frequently have to use VB.Net, VBA, VB Script, or C#. All in the same module. DAMN! What was the reasoning behind that other than Microsoft SOP (Get-R-Out the door before conversion to new product is complete).  Grab the BUCKS baby!
 
Try to do something simple like set a variable through code. You should have a strait forward process, not some software version of a Jet Li movie. Requiring jumping through hoops, across roofs, multiple screens, and Zen like concentration.
 
I still haven’t accomplished something simple that in VBA takes a couple lines.  I guess I knock it out eventually. Just really pisses me off,  REALLY, REALLY BAD!
 
Thank goodness for coding support sources like Journey – The Essential Journey. Keeps me form throwing a vein in the GeekFossil noggin, not to mention keeps thoughts of rendering a nuclear shadow of Microsoft on some wall in Seattle at bay!n Seattle at bay!