This headline is even worse than the 60% thing

by on March 27, 2006

Rick Segal: Robert Scoble should be fired.

Of course he has an ulterior motive. 

  • Mike: it doesn't. But not that there's anything here that's really that useful in other contexts anyway.
  • Mike
    It's not a matter of blog, it's a matter of speaking. I would be extremly surprised that your contract does not tie you, since that's what almost any corporation in the world does.
  • Mike: well, this blog has many roles. Sometimes I'm just myself. Like now. Other times, when I'm quoting a Microsoft spokesperson, I'm acting in more of a spokesperson role. Or, when I'm passing along factual stuff from inside Microsoft.

    But, usually I'm just myself here. Sorry you can't see that a blog has many roles.

    Microsoft does NOT own my content here.
  • Mike
    "Also, this isn’t my work. It’s my personal blog. Thanks for noticing that also."

    Also false. You said you are a MS spokeperson, so this is not your blog at all. Sure, you may login with a non-Microsoft account, etc., but what you talk about whenever it is Microsoft related is Microsoft intellectual property. Anything you do under your work contract is theirs, not yours. Unless you lied when you said you are working for Microsoft.
  • >You are not transparent. Go resign, pretty please.

    Heheh, I'm getting whipped by an anonymous "Mike."

    I've gotta have an ego to take this abuse day in and day out. Thanks for noticing!

    Also, this isn't my work. It's my personal blog. Thanks for noticing that also.
  • Mike
    What an ego. And don't forget that by acting like you did the last few days, you are also saying it's ok to work on week ends. Let's get it clear, you could have said on friday evening : "this SmartHouse article is incorrect. Microsoft will post a press pass on Monday", but you chose a different path. You think that doing so you are engaging customers at all? You are doing everyone a disservice.

    You are not transparent. Go resign, pretty please.
  • anon: I don't want to be as popular as Mini. I'm already getting too many people asking for my time.
  • anon
    124 comments on Mini Microsoft?

    502. How many do you have?

    http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/03/vista-2007...

    Speaks volumes about what you should be blogging about.
  • The link to the "fire the CEO" link is soooooo interesting. I just blogged this morning about how similar the Vista situation is to another huge "out of control" product I was heavily involved in: dBASE. The same thing was happening on that product team, it's all so similar. Employees felt disenfranchised, angry, felt that management had misled them and was putting them in a no-win situation. MS really better wake up. The Vista development team must be going through hell right now.
  • Indeed, we need more Scoble. I'll find the time some how to read all the posts.

    By the way, Scoble, your website here is setting off my MSN Toolbar phishing protection thingy, so I reported you. :)

    James
  • Wil
    You seem to scare a whole lot of people, Robert. Or at least make them very, very uncomfortable.

    Good on ya.
  • I think MSFT should keep you until you get old and boring. Yeah, sometimes you get all upset and say a few crazy things but more often then not you keep it under control. At least you try to get things right even if it takes a couple of tries. Some people don't even care about being right as long as they can get some attention.
  • Free rants or not, I agree. The human voice always adds far more to a company than any amount of formalised PR.
  • Jeff, there have been, what, 124 comments on Mini Microsoft? Anyone who says that's representative of how I, or 60,000+ employees feel, is just nutty. Nutty. Nutty. I'm sure you'd attack me if I wrote that.

    I like Ballmer. He built this company's sales force and he's a lot of fun to listen to. I guess that proves that you won't please everyone no matter how successful in life you are.

    Not to mention that almost everyone on Mini-Microsoft's blog is anonymous. So, how, again, do you even know they are Microsoft employees? You don't.
  • Jeff Davis
    Well, you're in good company. Based on this headline, the MSFT employees want Ballmer to get fired ...

    http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/03/27/vista.de...

    Bad week in Redmond, mutiny is never good...
  • Scoble should be named a PM on the Zoo Tycoon Team.

    Zoo Tycoon 3.0 must ship on time!
  • I totally agree with him. More Scoble, not less. Kudos to Microsoft for letting you off the PR department's leash :-)
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