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IT Conversations Check-In (Windley, Miller, Scoble)
Find out how Phil learned he'd been added to SpamCop.net's blacklist and how he managed to get his IP address removed. He's launched a new feature called Ask Phil at www.windley.com. He tells us why he's trying out web forum software rather than use the comments feature of his weblog.
In addition to his duties at CarrierHotels.com Rich has been blogging for Netcraft and covering the SCO v. Everybody_Who_Uses_Linux lawsuits. A hosting-industry insider, Rich tells us why Robert March, the CEO of RackShack/EV1 Servers paid to SCO what SCO claimed was "seven figures." Rich also describes the RackShack customer reactions and their fears of higher prices. And what about that memo from Microsoft to SCO which some have interpreted as proof that the former paid the latter as much as $80 million to support litigation, etc.
The latest issue of FastCompany magazine says "Robert Scoble may well be one of the most powerful people in Redmond right now." By day he's an evangelist for Microsoft's Longhorn. But during the other 25 hours each day, Robert reads 1,348 RSS feeds and produces The Scobelizer weblog, which is read by 2,000 people. He's teaching Microsofties about RSS and blogs, and he's learned a lot about how blogs can interact with the packaged-software business.
Want to use your own blog to get request and enhancement? Post an entry with the title "Outlook RFE" for example. Not only is there a good chance Microsoft will find it, if other bloggers link to it, that will increase the implicit importance of your idea. Using tools like Technorati and Friendster, Robert watches 1.4 million blogs for "Longhorn" and "Scoble."
Oh yeah...we talked about the Microsoft/SCO memo, too.
Posted Monday, March 08, 2004 11:19:35 PM 
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