I agree with a bunch of stuff that Robert McLaws says about Microsoft being a dinosaur, however I think that the various people blogging in Windows would disagree that Windows doesn't blog. We've released multiple CTPs of WinFX and Vista over the past year, and more to come (soon!). Windows is a big organization, very big (8,000 - 14,000 depending on how you count it!)... Of course I and some other folks think it should be smaller, but that rant can be another post.

Developer Division (which produce Visual Studio) is a much smaller organization, and has been leading in transparency. I've worked in DevDiv for many years, and now in Windows for several years, and the two groups definetly have different cultures. I'm happy to see the Windows group learning from DevDiv's experiments. I'm thrilled that CTPs are becoming a more common thing, that people are blogging more, and that community is becoming something that everyone thinks about.

I agree, we have a long way to go, I'm just not sure I understand your point in your post... Should we post internal milestone planning? Is it that you want to see our VP's blogging about our next release?