Microsoft apparently makes you a good politician

WHEN TOP VOLES flee Redmond for greener pastures the fact that they have Microsoft on their CV means that they are eligible for a political career, apparently.

State Representative Ross Hunter, a former Microsoft general manager, has announced he's running for King County Executive.

According to Tech Flash, he told a local radio station that his 20 years ducking chairs flung at him by Steve Ballmer gave him good qualifications for handling the job.

During his time there apparently Microsoft changed the world and he said that one of the things he learned at Vole Hill was impatience.

"I have a level of impatience for solving problems that I think is not as evident in the other candidates," he said.

This will be news for those who waited for Microsoft to put out Vista, which hit the marketplace several years late with half of its long-heralded features missing and not properly prepared.

Another impatient Vole on the political circuit is Suzan DelBene, the former Windows Mobile executive now challenging Representative Dave Reichert. Reichert has a history of dealing with impatient Voles as he successfully fought off two political challenges from another former Microsoft employee, Darcy Burner. µ