Jon Udell Going to Microsoft

Jon Udell at Lynn Canyon
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The fact that Jon Udell is now going to be working and evangelizing for Microsoft is a huge victory for the company. The loss of Scoble was huge in terms of someone representing the company, but Udell is absolutely excellent. When someone says alpha-geek, I think Jon Udell. The man is brilliant. Not only is he an alpha-geek, but he's an excellent evangelist.

It also throws up a signal, knowing Udell's past, that Microsoft is truly going to embrace a more open architecture. Something they have very slowly been adapting to.

This is huge for Microsoft.