Story Submission by StephenB .
June 28th, 2005

BeDoper News has recently learned that Media Preferences - a former prominent Be Inc. employee - has been hired by Microsoft. We have obtained a photgraph (shown at right) of Media Preferences hard at work in Microsoft's upcoming Longhorn OS.

Long a familiar face in the BeOS world, Media Preferences was kind enough to grant us a short interview.

BD: So how did you end up at Microsoft?
MP: Well, after Be went under, I handed out a lot of resumes and one of them ended up at Microsoft. They were really impressed by how much more talented I was than their current guy - he can't even control the volume of individual applications, or set the recording source/ levels without multiple windows.

BD: Are you busier at Microsoft than you were at Be?
MP: Not really, since doing audio work on Windows is just such a pain, people don't need me nearly as much now. So I've been catching up on my wreathing - I make wreathes, you know - and other hobbies, like skiing.

BD: So have the Microsoft folks been welcoming to you, or is there tension because you used to work for a competing company?
MP: Naw, everyone here's been great so far. I mean, as long as you like guys who own nothing but golf shirts and khakis - is that the official MCSE uniform or something?

MP: And Ballmer doesn't usually jump around and scream like that. Only when he wins at Freecell - which is suprisingly seldom. Oh, and I'm not the only ex-Be guy here, there's also my dawg, People (shown at right).

Editor's Note: We had intended to ask futher questions, but ufortunately Media Preferences encountered an error that prevented him from continuing.

-BeDoper News