“This is a difficult post to write. But after much of thought [sic], I have decided not to remain with Microsoft and I am returning to JupiterResearch as of Monday 3/12,” Michael Gartenberg blogs.
Gartenberg writes, “At my core, I am an analyst. It’s what I do and I do it well and after much thought, I realize I’m just not ready to stop doing that job just yet. I believe Jupiter itself is poised for some amazing things in the future and I’ve invested too much in the company to feel good about walking away at this point. Therefore I have decided to return and I am pleased that I have been welcomed back. My thanks to everyone I have worked with at Microsoft.”
“I look forward to returning to deliver my unbiased perspectives on the industry and provide Jupiter’s clients with the research and analysis they have come to expect from me and Jupiter,” Gartenberg writes.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Tom S.” for the heads up.]
Well, that didn’t take long! Flying chair, Michael? Hey, did you get to bring back what’s left of your integrity, too?
Related article:
Michael Gartenberg sells out, joins Microsoft as ‘Enthusiast Evangelist’ – February 16, 2007
Monkeyboy will be pleased with this. Why didn’t I become a chair salesman in Seattle?
How can this look worse for Microsoft? The guy is basically admitting that he would have to be a shill for a product he could never have endorsed under his previous job title.
“I believe Jupiter itself is poised for some amazing things in the future”
As opposed to the “amazing things” Microsoft has for the future?
WOW
Not surprising. Microsoft wouldn’t be where it’s at today if they were able to obtain / retain / utilize talented people.
Not to say there aren’t talented folks there, but to say that Microsoft as an organization has no idea how to recognize it and/or harness it.
How do I know? Look at their products.
@ Torrak!:
Well, … Gartenberg really might be “Zune Tang”
Well, we haven’t heard from Zune Tang in awhile. Is there a connection?
I think he noticed that he wasn’t issued an M$ life preserver and the ship had begun to lean.
My posting on his blog:
SydneyStephen Says:
March 7th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
(Your comment is awaiting moderation)
Why did you leave Microsoft? Presumably you went there with expectations. Presumably they were not fulfilled. I would like to hear about this aspect of your decision to go back to your old job.
Have you considered wow will you be able to write about Microsoft now without risking perceptions of bias in either direction?
Even in a world where lies are sanitised as “spin” your post above seems designed to misdirect the reader as to the real reasons behind your change of mind. I am sure we will all be very interested to hear the real story. If you cannot tell it for legal reasons, then you should at least be honest about that! If it really is true that you just made a bad decision to go to Microsoft then that doesn’t say much for your worth as an analyst.
And to go back to your old position… With your credibility damaged? Hmmm…
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I wonder if my comment will “pass” moderation. It will be interesting to find out!
Hey, people change their mind all the time about where they want to work. That it’s such a high profile flip-flop is notable, but not particularly earth shattering. Happens all the time.
That said, I think MDN’s take is spot-on – while it appears he’s being welcomed back by his previous employer, I wonder just how long it will take for the spectre of having accepted a job at M$ only to jump ship so quickly to fade away and allow his work to be unfettered by this turn of events in the industry for which he will be making analyses.
IOW, just how long will it take for Jupiter’s clients to TRULY trust in his analysis and research without that niggling thought as to how it might have been influenced or skewed by his [exceptionally brief] time at M$, however justified (or not) that may be?
Ha! I saw a Zune in the wild this morning on the el to the Loop. Never seen one before up close and it was the white one. Poor guy.
Just realized I was on the Brown Line, too.
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I’m sitting in my Vista training class right now. It’s so hard not to get fired right now. >.<
I’m not even kidding you sbout this – The demo machine has crashed.
Wow.
Mid-life crisis, Michael?
You should’ve bought yourself a nice red sports car instead of running your integrity through the shredder.
Sure he quit! It’s all a scam. Now he’s undercover and will be writing nothing but GLOWING Mafia$oft reviews!
Okay, we’re back up and running now.
WOW!
What, not enough life boats, Michael?
ChrissyOne, 6 minutes for a reboot…now that is WOW!
too funny
Sounds like a blast there Chrissy!
MacDailyNews blocked the Zune Tang name from being accepted. That’s why Mr. Tang is gone.
I remember, once, walking into the girls bathroom.
I thought it was cool ..for a while…until one of them threw a toilet at me.
On my way out I remember stumbling and spouting some self-justifying shit ….kind of
like Gartenburg is doing, now. There was one big difference, though. It was totally worth it.
Gartenberg just realized there were no towels.
@Scoodog…. I’ve seen that posted by others, but how do we know that’s true and not just conjecture.
@Chrissy…. absolutely hilarious… please, keep the commentary coming.
Gartenberg saw the future and it wasn’t that great. He left before the stain and stench of associating with Microsoft became a permanent stigma.
Testing.
This is actually Judge Bork.
scoodog, where are you getting your information? “Zune Tang” in the “Name” field works just fine.
Features of Vista: Aero. But not with After Effects 7. But it has a sanzzy menu bar that is kinda transparent.
Also: Hi DPI support for scaling graphics. But Photoshop gets buggy when you do it. So not so much.
6 editions. Starter – Does not exist. Home Pro & Basic, Enterprize, yaddah yaddah. How many versions of OS X are there?
Instant search: Wow, this looks familliar. I’m about to shout out “Hey, just like Spotlight!”
Only sucky. (people are trying to figure out how to get it to work, problems) Never mind, it’s nothing like Spotlight.
Wow!
Photo gallery: iPhoto, don’t loose any sleep over this one.
Menu bars: They’re gone, until you hit ALT. When they’re gone, there is a huge bar of wasted space at the top, and another one just under the top.
Windows Defender: Your computer is a POS. Accept or Deny? I might play the Hodgemen commercial at a strategic moment…
Gaming support: Control XBox, TV from Media Center. I’m smitten with glee.
Autosave docs: Sounds like a nice feature that is almost impossible to apply. Hmmm… Time Machine? Only on Business and Enterprise ed.
Bit locker: Encryption for files, sounds like File Vault. Haven’t really seen anything new yet.
Instant search is really, really, derivative of Spotlight. Only slower to index.
Sample images: look at the picture of the trees with the sunrise. Look at the artifacts in pixelization in the bottom area. Why can’t MS put a decent graphic anywhere in it’s system?
Oh yeah, because they suck donkey balls.
Everything is just a little blurry. Everything, sidebar gadgets, icons, even the way pages display. And this is a decent monitor, too. Am I missing something?
Tabs in IE. The very last browser to get tabs. Wow!!!
So much wasted space.
Phishing filering: Turns Phish Red. Anastasio not available for comment.
Printing support: XPS, soft previews, they’re not demoing this for some reason. Sounds like PDF but they might be a little afraid to show us. AH. They have just said: It’s a competing standard to PDF. Uncomfortable silence.
Flash drives as RAM: Clever! Plug in a drive (installing driver software, accept deny…)
Crash!!!
Wow.
Clever idea though.
Low priority IO: Background tasks don’t take over CPU. Also clever. Auto defrag can now run ALL the time.
Autofetch: loads memory allocations automatically. Clever, but no demo.
Windows Update: Now looks more like Software Update. Wow.
Sidebar: Widgets. NO! Gadgets. Blurry, blurry Gadgets.
Text to speech, & recognition. “It’s very cool.” but no demo. I’ve seen demos of this before, and I’m not suprised.
User Account Control: Accept or Deny? No Admin user any more, protects you from yourself. I feel safer. Now any user can set the clock or add a printer.
Wow!
Okay, I’m afraid this is going to crash when we try installing something. Back soon….
-c