Robert Scoble strikes back at Microsoft

At one time Robert Scoble was employed with Microsoft as a technology evangelist, and his blogging had made the company seem less cold, and more willing to communicate. He would write about Microsoft and its policies when he was employed there, and this somehow softened the overall impression of the company.
But he seems to have been provoked by some comments made by Steve Ballmer at a global meeting. The Microsoft head honcho made comments about how eventually Microsoft would win the search battle, and at another meeting, he had talked about how essentially Google was a single horse company with search, and nothing else was significant in any way.
But typically such words need to be backed up by actions, and not only words; and Microsoft Live has not been seen to be making the impact that it should, and Google with its released Google Apps packaging has started sniping at the MS office money making machine. This is a time for Microsoft to become more nimble, and its recent launches have not exactly set the market on fire. Xbox 360 was awaited, but the Sony Play Station and Nintendo Wii seem to be in the game for the long haul. Zune has not set anything on fire, and with Vista having been released, there is no other buzz word that could set the market buzzing.
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