"Do you want to work on the TTP project?"

"What does TPP stand for?"

"The TPP Project"

...so that we know what the hell they're talking about in all their recent press releases.

It's not hard to find out what Microsoft ESP is about. Type it into Google, or just go to www.microsoft.com/esp. I remember when journalists used to do research ;)

It is a name, not an acronym, in this context.

Anyway, it is the professional version simulation engine derived from the 25 year old Microsoft Flight Simulator product line. All fun stuff!!!

Dr Kenji Takeda

University of Southampton

www.ktakeda.net

Enterprise Simulation Platform

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We moved from ASP.NET to ESP.NET when we discovered that managers expected us to develop for as yet unstated future requirements. I understand that this is not uncommon and therefore expect ESP.NET to become the language of choice for a large number of developers in the near future.

"I remember when journalists used to do research ;)"

I remember when researchers used to do research.

Dr n

Central University of Networking Technology

Researchers used to research? When was that? When I was a researcher I spent all my time redrafting my CV. Research is for geeks. Journalism is for press officers. Cut and paste is for journalists.

As in [E]vil [S]inister [P]lot?

Extended Stack Pointer, shirley?

Mine's the one from the dark old days of hand-assembled code...