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Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits

Posted by Zonk on from the community-and-communication dept.

Preedit writes "Nick White, the in-house Microsoft blogger who wrote about all things Vista, has resigned. White is leaving Redmond to join the blog-centric marketing and public relations firm BuzzCorps. White did not provide a reason for his decision. InformationWeek, however, notes that his position could not have been easy. White's posts often elicited hundreds of responses from Vista users complaining about the OS's numerous glitches and quirks. The story further notes that White is the sort of young, blogosphere-savvy manager that Microsoft needs if it hopes to outrun Google, and his departure raises questions about the company's ability to retain Web 2.0 talent."

4 of 133 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Web 3.0 by D+Ninja · · Score: 2, Informative

    Hate to tell you...it's already here. Web 3.0

  2. Re:Hyperbole by __aaqvdr516 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Blah blah blah Web 2.0 blah blah blah blogger blah blah Vista blah blah Microsoft doomed. I think that about sums it all up, doesn't it?

  3. Re:Nick White by markpeak · · Score: 2, Informative

    He didn't pretend to say something like "Vista has no flaw" or "Vista is perfect OS" but the way he talk is "Ok, I will forward this [problem|request] to the [xxx] team". That's quite nice in Microsoft Empire.

  4. Re:Retaining talent & Microsoft's one unique a by JLennox · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Microsoft was (more or less) able to build some really huge software projects in a few years. Such as WinNT/Win2000 and the Office suite."

    Windows NT started development in 1989. There was more than a few years between then and Windows 2000's release.