I have interacted with both Scott and Brandon a bit in my time at MSFT.
I found the bit on Brandon particularly jarring - Brandon runs developer marketing and is doing a really good job of getting developers onto a phone that people aren't buying much. Just look at his activity here on HN or him getting Scott Adams to try out WP or how responsive he is on Twitter/email to any developer out there.
I empathize with a lot of what Scott said (though I'm not sure terrible marketing sites were the core problem Silverlight had) but he's off the mark with this one.
I found the bit on Brandon particularly jarring - Brandon runs developer marketing and is doing a really good job of getting developers onto a phone that people aren't buying much. Just look at his activity here on HN or him getting Scott Adams to try out WP or how responsive he is on Twitter/email to any developer out there.
I empathize with a lot of what Scott said (though I'm not sure terrible marketing sites were the core problem Silverlight had) but he's off the mark with this one.