posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 11:42 AM
by
paul
Jon Udell is Assimilated
A conversation with Jon Udell about his new job with Microsoft
I’ve met Jon Udell, he’s a Tech guy one of only a handful in the journalistic space. Jon covered internet stuff for the B2B InfoWorld, XML, Web Services, P2P, RSS and collaboration - coincidently these are now all components of Microsoft’s 2007 Office System.
I recall Jon’s interview with Bill Gates at the PDC, but most of the time he has avoided writing about Microsoft as in today’s interview with himself without a mention of Windows Vista.
Hiring such a well respected Tech guy is a great move by Jeff Sandquist and a good move for Jon as he is now placed at the nexus between open source, OSX and Microsoft.
Silicon Valley native Robert Scoble got lots of attention at this crossroad /crosshair as he rose to blogosphere superstardom.