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Joe Wilcox is leaving eWeek's Microsoft Watch

Apr. 30, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

It looks like Joe Wilcox is leaving eWeek:

Today is my last day as an eWEEK editor. In a few hours I will join the swelling ranks of journalists smitten by the economic crisis and by changes the Internet is forcing on my profession.

My ending comes on a day of new beginning for Microsoft. Windows 7 promises to be a big release for Microsoft. Today's Windows 7 Release Candidate is start of something really new.

I've been reporting about Microsoft since 1997 and specifically blogging about the company since May 2003. I took over Microsoft Watch in November 2006. It has been a joy to write this blog.

If you would like to contact me personally I am joewilcox on Twitter and joewilcox at gmail.com, live.com or mac.com.

With that, there is nothing left to say but goodbye—and thank you.

Thank you Joe. You're a class act. I look forward to seeing and working with you again in the future.

Speaking of class acts, those who have been around awhile will remember that Mary Jo Foley started Microsoft Watch back in 2001. She left in 2006, Microsoft Watch was pulled into eWeek, and Mary Jo started blogging at ZDNet.

Discuss this Article 21

Waethorn
on Apr 30, 2009
"DING, DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD!" "WHICH OLD WITCH?" "THE WICKED WITCH!" Sorry, just couldn't help it. :P
bettieblu
on Apr 30, 2009
Dam Paul is pulling posts, but sadly Waethorn on the other Winjihadist's can say whatever they want. Wilcox never pulled that kind of lame arse move.
Waethorn
on Apr 30, 2009
Paul, maybe you could just reset Ocean's password so he can't log back in.
Waethorn
on Apr 30, 2009
@Paul: When you get rid of Ocean, I'll be doing a similar song and dance routine.
animositysomina
on Apr 30, 2009
That'd be lame, he'd just change his nick to Sea or something. You can't make him go away until you close registration of new users here.
Lindy
on Apr 30, 2009
Man this post pulling stuff is good stuff. Sticks and Stones. Grow a pair Paul.
hamiltonstallings
on Apr 30, 2009
Sad to see the comment section being spammed.
Waethorn
on Apr 30, 2009
....at least Jojo got rid the the VCSY spammers on Microsoft Watch.... *hint hint*
Ocean
on Apr 30, 2009
No spamming. I'm just asking why there is a double standard.
pthurrott
on Apr 30, 2009
So, Ocean has been banned for one week for spamming the blog. There's no double standard. In the context of a Windows site, Microsot's earnings are news, so that's covered formally on the new site. Simple and obvious.
animositysomina
on Apr 30, 2009
So Apple's earnings are not news then? Just trying to understand the logic behind this.
pthurrott
on Apr 30, 2009
animositysomina, Apple's earnings are news. They're not interesting to the Windows IT Pro audience, however. Microsoft's earnings are. For whatever it's worth, as it's a minor news story, I did cover Apple's earnings in WinInfo Short Takes that Friday: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101984/wininfo-short-takes-wee... Here's what I wrote: Apple Weathers Recession Just Fine, Too Speaking of quarterly results that defy logic, high-priced gadget maker Apple also reported incredibly strong earnings, with a profit of $1.21 billion on revenues of $8.16 billion, the company's best non-holiday quarter ever. Sure, Mac sales were down, but just by 3 percent. (Mac revenues were down 16 percent, which is a bit more troubling, I guess.) The rest of Apple's businesses are going gangbusters: iPhone sales rocketed to 3.79 million units from just 1.7 million in the same quarter a year ago. And even iPod sales were up slightly, to 11.01 million units, despite the introduction of the unbelievably lackluster new iPod shuffle. Folks, this is a company that can do no wrong. Ocean (and apparently you) are making something out of nothing. End of discussion.
DRWAM
on Apr 30, 2009
Wow, I thought that I was having a bad week. This recession sucks. I guess this is news, but I just hate hearing about this stuff [bad news]. I guess that I need to 'grow a pair'. Best of luck to Joe.
Waethorn
on Apr 30, 2009
"Ocean has been banned for one week for spamming the blog" "DING, DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD!" "WHICH OLD WITCH?" "THE WICKED WITCH!" ....you can't say I didn't warn you. :P The first comment was meant as a roast BTW. This one....not so much.
caveman ugh
on Apr 30, 2009
I never liked Microsoft Watch after Mary Jo left it was (and still is) very biased against Microsoft. Plenty of people these days call it "Microsoft Bash" instead !
gfryesc1
on Apr 30, 2009
that's bad form, thurrott. at least you did get the message that it's smelly for you to blog about apple's earnings and skipping over Microsoft's to talk about Websphere. really, who cares about that? stay relevant and shoot straight. don't be another mossberg [with substantially smaller reach, of course].
techfan
on Apr 30, 2009
Good luck to Joe Wilcox. I found "Microsoft Watch" after MJF left and the very few times I went to that site/blog, it always seemed to be as kind of against MS. There was just something there that I did not like when I want to read news about MS/Windows. I don't know how "Microsoft Watch" was when MJF ran it, but if it's anything like the "All About Microsoft" blog, I would have very much enjoyed it.
lotsamystuff
on May 1, 2009
"I don't know how "Microsoft Watch" was when MJF ran it, but if it's anything like the "All About Microsoft" blog, I would have very much enjoyed it." That's the difference between being a quasi-watchdog site and a fanboi rag. As the Stewart/Cramer debate showed us, there's a huge distinction..
shark47
on May 1, 2009
This might be a good time for Ocean to start his own blog. Not that I'm comparing Wilcox to Ocean, but considering that the supermarket tabloid style tech blogs like Gizmodo and Engadget seem to be thriving, I'm sure ocean and robertsjoe have good jobs waiting for them.
lotsamystuff
on May 1, 2009
"...Not that I'm comparing Wilcox to Ocean" I'm sure Wilcox (one of the best in the business, IMHO) will be glad to hear that. "Ocean" will miss the point completely and just be happy to be mentioned in the same sentence. Robertsjoe will post something about Teversham's move to Apple and ask why Paul isn't covering it. "Waethorn" will chime in with "APPLE IS THE SUXXOR W00T!".
planetarian
on May 1, 2009
i don't know what it's like on engadget, but nobody on gizmodo has shown themselves to be THAT bad. come on.

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