Gates causes a blogosphere stir

Micro Persuasion's Steve Rubel is quoted saying that Bill Gates' comments on blogging will not only lead to an upsurge in corporate blogging (let's hope so) but also concern among outfits that provide blogging technology and services now because the world's most significant monopolist maybe at it again (let's hope not). Meanwhile, the Direct Marketing Bulletin has an article that is almost an on-cue example of this 'if Bill Gates says its good for business, it must be worth looking at' phenomenon. From all this coverage, it doesn't seem that Gates said anything new or particularly insightful - but it almost sounds like if something can't be taken seriously on the Internet until the corporate gouger from Redmond signals his interest.

Comments

[Marcie Robillard]

What would actually cause a stir would be if Gates started blogging himself: http://weblogs.asp.net/datagridgirl/archive/2004/05/22/139407.aspx

Marcie