In case you didn’t know, Microsoft Outlook is a steaming pile of shit. Sorry. I don’t have an anti-MS bias, and actually quite like some of their products, but Outlook makes me want to stab someone. Usually myself, if I’m forced to use it.

Unfortunately, board people at every company I’ve worked at love their Blackberries, love the scheduling, and love being able to have their assistants manage their calendars. And since CXO’s run the show, if your CXO likes Outlook, you use Outlook.

If it didn’t support an IMAP bridge I don’t know what I’d do. Probably get my stabbin’ stick out (see above). I don’t just hate Outlook, I also hate Exchange, but that’s another post.

My friend Stan has hated Outlook for some time, while being forced to use it. You see, if you are a CXO who hates Outlook, but have to interface with other CXO’s who use Outlook, you’ll have to use Outlook. If you’re trying to pitch someone on a partnership with your company, refusing to use the mail client they know and love isn’t the best starting tactic.

So, back at Lijit’s old offices, Stan would regularly come in with another "Outlook sucks" rant. I’d assure him that I knew quite well that it sucked, but the volume of individual things he’d come up with over the course of the year shocked me. I mean, I hate Outlook, so I use it as little as possible. He hates Outlook and had to use it for everything.

We’d always bug him about making a blog post to vent, but he never had time. But today I got an email, and the infamous "Outlook Sucks" megapost finally made it up there. Check it out!