Microsoft will add web logs published by its employees
to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), the company's main site
for software developers.
The almost 100 web logs, or blogs, have already been published
on GotDotNet. They will be an integrated part of the MSDN site,
said Sara Williams, product unit manager of Microsoft's MSDN group
and a Microsoft blogger.
"Microsoft employees will be blogging on MSDN instead of
GotDotNet. Having the blogs on MSDN makes it easier for developers
to find and share information," Williams said.
Additionally, Microsoft employee blogs on ASP.net, another niche
Microsoft site for developers, will be linked on the MSDN site,
Williams said. The MSDN blogs, at blogs.msdn.com, will officially
be launched on Friday.
The blogs are postings by Microsoft employees on a
personal-journal type web page mostly about the company's
technologies and aimed at software developers. Readers can provide
comment so discuss topics with Microsoft employees.
Microsoft started the GotDotNet Web site
(www.gotdotnet.com) in late
2000 as a way to communicate with developers about its .net
framework. Blogging support was added about a year ago.
Joris Evers writes for IDG News Service