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# re: How does he do it?

I always find it most admirable too. Trolls make my blood boil. I have to learn from Scoble. :) 1/23/2005 6:18 PM | Kunal

# re: How does he do it?

I don't know how I do it sometimes. I knew that'd come with the territory, though. 1/23/2005 6:40 PM | Robert Scoble

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# re: How does he do it?

I'd guess that Scoble turns the other cheek when I take a cheap shot like that, because he knows that if he starts down the road of trying to defend the Evil Empire's products as being anything more than mediocre, he'll get shredded.

I mean, come on! The Tablet PC? Also known as, the Same old Windoze crap in a different form factor?

There was a chance about ten years ago for something like a tablet PC that didn't suck, but MS managed to kill off Go PenPoint with the "Pen Windows" vaporware announcement.



4/2/2005 11:27 PM | J. Random Poster

# re: How does he do it?

I don't think Scoble defends his company's work as being "mediocre."

I think he's will to concede when mistakes have been made. He's willing to speak out when he disagrees with a decision made by Microsoft or others there.

But I think your criticism of hte Tablet PC is unfounded. Perhaps the idea itself isn't revolutionary, but the Tablet PC design is easily the best implementation of a pen-based or pen-capable mobile computer available.

If you've never used one it's easy to miss the point. And there's an obvious argument that in the future, all mobile computers should offer this functionality.

Beyond that, Microsoft deserves praise for following up on the Tablet platform with the 2005 release. It showed their committment to the platform and ability to address issues presented by their customers.

There are certainly many occasions where Microsoft has left products "out in the rain" when they've needed attention. For a while now, Internet Explorer has been one of those products. I could go on and on (and often do) about mistakes they've made. But that doesn't mean they haven't done a lot of things right, too!

When they do follow through (The Infopath and OneNote service packs are an excellent example) they really do show the great work they're capable of. 4/3/2005 3:29 PM | Brandon Paddock

# re: How does he do it?

No, of course Scoble doesn't call his company's products mediocre. He may not even realize their mediocrity (more's the pity.)

Also, notice the key word "available", regarding the Tablet PC. The better ones were killed off by MS's vaporware announcement.

As for Internet Exploder, if there was ever a better lesson in the dangers of a monoculture, it's not springing to mind...

4/3/2005 6:56 PM | J. Random Poster