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Upstart Bloggers at Microsoft Moving On

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the less-talk-from-the-depths dept.

SJasperson writes "A few weeks ago Mini-Microsoft decided to stop tweaking his corporate masters, having won the astounding victory of getting free towels returned to the locker rooms in Redmond. Now uber-blogger Scoble is moving on to work with a podcasting startup, having apparently tired of his supposed role as Vista evangelist and self-appointed corporate revolutionary. The company still has 3,000 bloggers left, but Microsoft has apparently figured out how to keep them safely within the rules, blogging about the wonders of product renaming and coming features instead of anything that might challenge the party line. There's a lesson here for those starry-eyed adolescents who think the power of the blog is going to triumph over the power of the boardroom."

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  1. There is no point to resist... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... (you know the rest)...

  2. Disgruntled blogger writes: by packetmon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sunday, June 11, 2006 That bastard

    So Mr Gates thinks he can just fire me at will... Say hello to my little fr........

    --
    Infiltrated dot Net
  3. Great move for Sc oble & PodTech.net by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Great move to bring your global brand direct with no chains. PodTech.net is a good startup to put your name on and build a direct media platform. Classic case of the power of the individual voice. At least the move to Silicon Valley wasn't for Google.

  4. Mini-Msft was found out, that he was a she! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
    Hitch-hiked her way across the USA
    Plucked her eyebrows on the way
    Shaved her legs and then he was a she
    She says, Hey babe
    Take a walk on the wild side
    Hey honey
    Take a walk on the wild side

    Candy came from out on the Island
    In the backroom she was everybody's darlin'
    But she never lost her head
    Even when she was giving head
    She says, Hey babe
    Take a walk on the wild side
    I Said, Hey baby
    Take a walk on the wild side
    And the coloured girls go
    doo do doo do doo do do doo..

    Little Joe never once gave it away
    Everybody had to pay and pay
    A hustle here and a hustle there
    New York City's the place where they say,
    Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
    I said, Hey Joe
    Take a walk on the wild side

    Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
    Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
    Went to the Apollo
    You should've seen em go go go
    They said, Hey shuga Take a walk on the wild side
    I Said, Hey babe
    Take a walk on the wild side
    All right, huh

    Jackie is just speeding away
    Thought she was James Dean for a day
    Then I guess she had to crash
    Valium would have helped that bash
    Said, Hey babe,
    Take a walk on the wild side
    I said, Hey honey,
    Take a walk on the wild side
    and the coloured girls say,
    doo do doo do doo do do doo

    (Slo he-ur)

  5. the relevant murphy's law here is... by edward.virtually@pob · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "he who has the gold makes the rules." as the coming end of network neutrality and with it any real access to non-corporate content (non-corp websites being allocated something like 1K per minute, etc.) will demonstrate. was a nice net while it lasted.