Comments on: “Microsoft Office is Dead” http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/04/01/microsoft-office-is-dead/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Branedy http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/04/01/microsoft-office-is-dead/#comment-1957 Branedy Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:38:56 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/04/01/microsoft-office-is-dead/#comment-1957 I have not seen the post, but as I know that the rats are usually NOT the first to desert a ship, and that Scoble has apparently a good reputation, does this look like the end of Microsoft. With all the grumbling going on amongst the troops in MS, do we expect more desertions? I have not seen the post, but as I know that the rats are usually NOT the first to desert a ship, and that Scoble has apparently a good reputation, does this look like the end of Microsoft. With all the grumbling going on amongst the troops in MS, do we expect more desertions?

]]> By: Rohan Jayasekera http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/04/01/microsoft-office-is-dead/#comment-1949 Rohan Jayasekera Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:22:56 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/04/01/microsoft-office-is-dead/#comment-1949 Scoble says that Google was going to raise his salary to over $100,000. If this means that Microsoft is paying him less than that in real life (it might not, given the nature of the post, but I'd bet that it does), then he's being paid appropriately for his official duties rather than for his blogging role which I suspect is far more valuable to Microsoft. Perhaps companies should pay "blogging bonuses" to those who raise their stature, as determined by some reasonably independent person or group. The company would have to decide, among other things, whether it agrees that "there's no such thing as bad publicity". Scoble says that Google was going to raise his salary to over $100,000. If this means that Microsoft is paying him less than that in real life (it might not, given the nature of the post, but I’d bet that it does), then he’s being paid appropriately for his official duties rather than for his blogging role which I suspect is far more valuable to Microsoft. Perhaps companies should pay “blogging bonuses” to those who raise their stature, as determined by some reasonably independent person or group. The company would have to decide, among other things, whether it agrees that “there’s no such thing as bad publicity”.

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/04/01/microsoft-office-is-dead/#comment-1948 Mark Evans Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:40:37 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/04/01/microsoft-office-is-dead/#comment-1948 rob, you may want to edit your headline....still looks like you've been suckered! mark rob,
you may want to edit your headline….still looks like you’ve been suckered!

mark

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