Polar Ice Caps are melting, blame Microsoft
Well they really are not melting the polar ice caps, but I bet Skype could figure out a way to blame them for it though. But in the recent he said she said management battle over at Skype it makes me think why cant companies take the fall for there own shortfalls. Why blame it on everyone’s favorite fall guy. I myself understand the seriousness of this problem with the restarts after updating, but I would think the techs at Skype would understand that usually after an update you have to restart, I mean how long has MS been pushing out updates ? And why do they have automatic updates on? Seriously was it imminent to restart their boxes without doing some research on how those updates might affect their software and hardware. Skype is a large corporation I hope that their CIO gets an evil glare every time he walks through the hall from his techs. Don’t they have process’s. They should take a chapter out of Dell’s book in management mishaps.
To me it just seems like a complete cop out to blame Microsoft. It is there fault and there fault alone. I think they just still have no idea on what happened. Someone messed up and I don’t think it was MS. I think this move will come back and really bite Skype in their backside after this has all cooled down.
But if anyone wants to blame anything else on MS feel free to do it. They are that warm cuddly bear that never comes back at anyone. Everyone is always on their case about everything. If you hate them so much use someone else’s software. Maybe one day MS wont take these kind of blame game insults directed at them. I would say, “Here is your money back, we will take our software back now. Now survive.” Everyone always has something bad to say, but they never have an alternative solution. I honestly think this is a horrible PR move.
This issue I really think will end Skype. They should have taken the high road, and confessed it was a problem with their system. But with EBay management running the show now we will never get honesty out of them.
I do have a message for Microsoft though. Stop being that doughy fat kid that everyone picks on. Go pick up some weights, start working out, and start putting these rumors to rest. Come out fighting, release counter statements on what you think might have happened or have known to happen. Instead of bloggers spreading “hear say” why don’t you just lay them all to rest with an uppercut. I have only seen Microsoft do this once or twice in the past.