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Jesse Ezell pointed at a piece via Slashdot that pokes fun at Microsoft's PR editing process/sausage factory.
Ehh. Frankly, that's the PR process in a nutshell, and it's very nearly the same one everyone uses. I'd say at the very most "it gives you an appreciation for the editing process".
At the very least, it's mildly amusing and worth a couple of chuckles at someone else's expense. If you dig that kind of thing. Frankly, it's useless information. The entire writeup's is pure navel gazing.
The one quote about a bank and BizTalk that was stricken was just as likely due to a timing or information security issue. I've seen that exact type of edit made for both of those reasons.
It's just harmless fun for the kids over on /., but it's naive to think that the retracing the editing process adds a lot of analytical depth. This is what happens in product marketing, get over it (or better yet, take a lesson).