How pointlessly rude was that, we are all interested in technology and enjoy what we do.

There are around 133000 MCSE's for 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/certified.mspx , and im sure none of them fit the stereotype (well apart from the braindumpers who we all hate) you are trying to make out.

MCSE is a lot of exams and commitment, to take, and MS do make it clear what each person should have in the way of experience when it comes to taking these exams.

I think when we look at it, MS is a soft target for the Linux fanboys due to it being the market leader, some of the criticism is deserved lots of it not, but all software has bugs, potential for flaws and room for improvement, whether its from Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, the Linux community or your average web programmer.

The successful people learn to do the best with what they have and apply these systems to different situations.