>Hi, Peter.
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>>Being the originator of this subthread, I wondered who this Scoble is. Having searched a bit on C9 (Channel 9) I now get the impression that C9 is MS's intranet-site (nevertheless on the internet) where MS-employees can experiment a lot. And Scoble is then indeed an experimentator. Things are now somewhat clearer to me.
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>Channel 9 is not an intranet site. It is a site created to make more transparent what's happening inside Microsoft development groups to the community.

Your explanation is probably better than my initial one, so I'll adopt it.

>>1) Your criticism on Scoble. C9 is on the internet, so those videos can reach everybody and thus can also have a negative impact, because they are so amateurish. I fully share your view.
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>I guess they try to keep some amateur-style to avoid the idea of these videos being marketing stuff. But I really agree that improving things a bit wouldn't hurt anyone.
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>>2) I understand why Ken cooperated, but I disagree here. The video reaches the internet, also because Ken promotes it (e.g. here). I dislike the idea that it is seen by people who have to make a decision about whether or not to use VFP. It just gives an amateurish impression, not about Scoble or C9 (who they don't know), but about VFP and even about Ken Levy, the product manager.
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>This is not something marketing oriented. It is more like an insider view provided for the active part of the community. In any case, the audience is accustomed to this. All the videos (not only the ones about VFP) are produced like this, with a small camera on hand. Maybe they are following Lars von Trier's ideas for the wrong purpose. ;-)

The lesson for us all here should then be: Do NOT advice your managers and (potential) customers to watch THIS video. Wait for the video from the real marketing department. And we might ask Ken to arrange for such a video.