I believe Scoble at least waited a few weeks to make his conversions seem organic.
I think this would have less of a bad taste if we thought of these guys as being particularly conniving salespeople rather than "evangelists".
After Goog prevented Jon Skeet from getting his MS MVP award, this post might also have been internall encouuraged by Google. Nothing would demoralize MS more than seeing its ex-girlfriend sleeping with its hated rival (even if they initiated the breakup).
I think this would have less of a bad taste if we thought of these guys as being particularly conniving salespeople rather than "evangelists".
After Goog prevented Jon Skeet from getting his MS MVP award, this post might also have been internall encouuraged by Google. Nothing would demoralize MS more than seeing its ex-girlfriend sleeping with its hated rival (even if they initiated the breakup).