Comments on: Can this week ever end? http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/ Searching for world-changing technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Azzurra http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/comment-page-3/#comment-18809 Azzurra Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:08:17 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/#comment-18809 Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico! Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

]]> By: Azzurra http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/comment-page-3/#comment-154390 Azzurra Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:08:00 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/#comment-154390 Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico! Buon luogo, congratulazioni, il mio amico!

]]> By: Windows Managed Dedicated Servers http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/comment-page-3/#comment-18808 Windows Managed Dedicated Servers Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:47:08 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/#comment-18808 Interesting post here, who makes up stuff like this anyway? Interesting post here, who makes up stuff like this anyway?

]]> By: Windows Managed Dedicated Serv http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/comment-page-3/#comment-154389 Windows Managed Dedicated Serv Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:47:00 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/#comment-154389 Interesting post here, who makes up stuff like this anyway? Interesting post here, who makes up stuff like this anyway?

]]> By: The PC Doctor http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/comment-page-3/#comment-18807 The PC Doctor Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:08:24 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/#comment-18807 <strong>Unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability hitting users</strong> The latest unpatched Internet Explorer security vulnerability  is now starting to hit users now .  Reports are circulating  that more than 200 web sites , many belonging to legitimate businesses and organizations, have been ha... Unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability hitting users

The latest unpatched Internet Explorer security vulnerability  is now starting to hit users now .  Reports are circulating  that more than 200 web sites , many belonging to legitimate businesses and organizations, have been ha…

]]> By: Aditya Jha http://scobleizer.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/comment-page-3/#comment-18806 Aditya Jha Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:27:09 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/#comment-18806 Mr. Scoble, I come from a very different background (branding), so let me offer a different perspective here. I don't think this is either about Vista or the 60% re-write story (much as you'd like to focus the discussion around that path). It's about perceptions of MS as a company. Over the last 10 years, there is a visible shift from product brands to company brands. It is driven (more and more) by how companies behave (than the product features). in the mid-90s, MS was seen as the super smart underdog in technology space where IBM was the faltering, arrogant giant. The browser wars, and the subsequent surrounding events, changed that. It was seen by many people as a bully. Still super smart, but a bully. To many, it had also become scheming and unscruplous. If you notice, more people are asking for things like transparency, consistency (in statements coming out from the company over a periodof time) than perfect code. MS should not ignore these signals. Some of the language may be abrasive, the people may not count for much in your eyes, and they may be full time MS-baiters and haters; but i suggest that you try reading between the lines when you are more relaxed and this thing has blown over. I am also awed by your stamina in reading and reacting to all comments. Mr. Scoble, I come from a very different background (branding), so let me offer a different perspective here. I don’t think this is either about Vista or the 60% re-write story (much as you’d like to focus the discussion around that path). It’s about perceptions of MS as a company.

Over the last 10 years, there is a visible shift from product brands to company brands. It is driven (more and more) by how companies behave (than the product features). in the mid-90s, MS was seen as the super smart underdog in technology space where IBM was the faltering, arrogant giant. The browser wars, and the subsequent surrounding events, changed that. It was seen by many people as a bully. Still super smart, but a bully. To many, it had also become scheming and unscruplous.

If you notice, more people are asking for things like transparency, consistency (in statements coming out from the company over a periodof time) than perfect code. MS should not ignore these signals. Some of the language may be abrasive, the people may not count for much in your eyes, and they may be full time MS-baiters and haters; but i suggest that you try reading between the lines when you are more relaxed and this thing has blown over.

I am also awed by your stamina in reading and reacting to all comments.

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