<story><title>Coin-operated Borgocrat goes to Google, acquires whole new set of opinions</title><url>http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/11/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-borgocrat-scorned.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jfager</author><text>Clicking through to the cited posts:&lt;p&gt;1.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/12/options_on_goog.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/12/optio...&lt;/a&gt; - Most of this post is praising Google for their TSO program.  Microsoft is mentioned almost as an afterthought, to show that they also have good employee benefits (not exactly a secret).&lt;p&gt;2.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/11/google_data_cen.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2005/11/googl...&lt;/a&gt; - This was written in 2005, and is pretty much exactly in line with the predominant sentiment of that time.  It&apos;s hard to make the case even today that Google has yet really attacked MS directly (no desktop OS, a much lighter office suite, etc).&lt;p&gt;3.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/10/office_20_free_.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2006/10/offic...&lt;/a&gt; - Again, mostly in praise of Google, talking specifically about how online office suites are a potentially disruptive technology that MS is scrambling to get a slice of like everyone else.  And, feature-for-feature, um, of course MS Office wins.  But if you don&apos;t care about feature count, so what?&lt;p&gt;4.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/12/google-vs-micro.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/12/googl...&lt;/a&gt; - He specifically says Google is to today&apos;s MS as Toyota was to Ford or MS was to IBM 30 years ago.  The whimper about MS having smart folks who have played disruptor themselves doesn&apos;t exactly equate to &quot;Google won&apos;t disrupt MS&quot;.&lt;p&gt;5.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/02/google_apps_tak.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/02/googl...&lt;/a&gt; - Alright, Fake Steve has this one pretty spot on.&lt;p&gt;6.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/05/windows_live_ho.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/05/windo...&lt;/a&gt; - It&apos;s a product blurb, followed by the drooling endorsement of pointing out that people usually don&apos;t completely abandon their old email addresses even if they move on to something else.</text></comment>
<story><title>Coin-operated Borgocrat goes to Google, acquires whole new set of opinions</title><url>http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/11/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-borgocrat-scorned.html</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ewanmcteagle</author><text>I think this deserved pointing out.  I&apos;m not sure where this Don Dodge is great stuff comes from or what it&apos;s based on but these few posts about him do make him seem coin-operated.  The best developer evangelists are able to be sincere, thoughtful and helpful.  Without those qualities it&apos;s a job that tends to make you into a shill.</text></comment>