Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report on the Removal of Drive Extender from Windows Home Server

Last week saw the announcement from Microsoft about the removal of Drive Extender from Windows Home Server Code Name Vail. Ed Bott from ZDNet interviewed Michael Leworthy after the announcement and Ed doesn’t hold back.

I think anyone who read Microsoft’s announcement agrees that it was pretty poor and didn’t make a lot of sense. The fact that the community is up in arms about the decision and what was said proves that.

Here is how Ed starts off his article, and I think you will agree he isn’t holding back:

If you want your customers to trust you, don’t lie to them.

That sounds like common sense, the kind of stuff you should learn in the first semester of business school, but apparently someone up in Redmond skipped that lecture. And boy, are they paying for it now.

Ed goes on to talk about his conversation with Michael Leworthy and to be honest it isn’t pretty!

If you want another take on the whole Drive Extender removal issue, read the rest of Ed’s article.