A Press Junket To Redmond

christian.einfeldt writes "Our very own Roblimo Miller was invited to an all-expenses-paid tour of the Microsoft campus because he is supposedly 'not friendly' to Microsoft. Writes Roblimo: 'I came away with a sense that Microsoft doesn't currently have a clear sense of what Microsoft should be and where Microsoft should be going... I also think, from what I heard during my visit and what other Microsoft employees and customers have told me at other times, that it has degenerated into a series of disconnected fiefdoms that aren't all moving in the same direction.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

Comments

You forgot one bit

[bogaboga]

'I came away with a sense that Microsoft doesn't currently have a clear sense of what Microsoft should be and where Microsoft should be going...

You forgot one very important bit; that statement above should have read:

'I came away with a sense that Microsoft doesn't currently have a clear sense of what Microsoft should be and where Microsoft should be going in my not so humble opinion...'(emphasis mine)

Re:We're listening

[geekoid]

Your listening, but you all hear something different.

"Microsoft has much less red tape than other companies I have worked for. "

I know people who have worked in managment, software engineers, and contractors. All of them have a completly opposite story.

I wonder how many companies you have worked for?

iPod, Zune

[Achromatic1978]

Apropos of anything else, what a stupid remark by roblimo about the Zune and Sourceforge projects for it. He mentions "136 projects for the iPod, 0 for the Zune".

Gee, uhh, Rob, pop quiz:

Which item has been around for OVER FIVE YEARS , and which was launched TWO WEEKS AGO ?!?