Although Ken Hess over at DaniWeb may think he has an exclusive interview with Devil Mountain CTO Craig Barth, I’m pleased to announce that I have an exclusive as well!
“Exclusive” “Real” “Interview “
JM: Hello, Craig. Thanks for agreeing to this interview. May I have your permission to record this call?
CB: Yes, of course. I understand the need to verify your sources.
JM: Why thank you for thinking of my integrity and reputation Mr. Barth!
CB: Of course, of course. Personal integrity and reputation is a key concern of mine. Along with flashing my light at the dark underbelly of Microsoft’s cash cow.
JM: Indeed sir! You stand alone among bloggers and pundits in being critical of Microsoft. Do you not fear their awesome might?
CB: No sir, I do not! Because, in the end, this isn’t about any one personality or pseudonym. It’s about the data, and how it describes the IT world around us.
JM: Well said, sir! Data like a person’s identity, corporate affiliation and financial interest do indeed describe the IT world around us.
CB: (Coughs) Um, yes yes. Actually I meant computer data from our monitoring software.
JM: Ah! Yes indeed, sir! That would be the monitoring software you used to post up a specific individual’s information on the internet without his prior notification or consent?
CB: Yes, yes! That very one!
JM: A query, good sir — say a company offered “monitoring software” and it was revealed that the CTO of that very same company was not who he said he was, indeed he didn’t actually exist at all! Furthermore, say said monitoring software could be used by said nonexistant CTO to post up individually identifiable computer! Evenfurthermore, say said individually identifiable information was posted, in a public blog in an attempt to ridicule the individual identified! Somuchfurthermore, say the CTO doesn’t even understand the most basic points of memory management in the OS he is supposedly “analysing”?
CB: A most unlikely scenario, good sir!
JM: Indeed, sir. But just suppose it were so … do you think that users of that “monitoring software” would continue to use that software?
CB: Well, they are running Microsoft Windows.
JM: (Nods sagely)
Seriously Though
If there’s one thing to take away from the Ars / ZDNet / xpnet / WinSuperSite tardfight, it’s don’t go latching on to someone just because it appears they support your position.
A postscript
Also, is it just me or does ZDNet have the most idiotic tech community on the internet? Seriously, if you’re feeling smart and motivated read the comments there – I guarantee you’ll come out the other end drooling and suicidal. I think we can derive a formula that the quality of comments are proportional to the quality of the original content.
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