my interview with Bob Muglia, bigwig
In December I interviewed Bob Muglia for Technet Edge. You can see it here.
I've met a few Vice Presidents and CxO's in my time at Microsoft. A few intimidated the hell out of me. A couple were pretty down to earth. None so much as Bob though. I've been a fly on the wall of a couple of his staff meetings, and have been consistently impressed with his ability to uncover the real state of the business and do so in a gracious and respectful manner. You know what else impressed me? When I emailed him asking if he'd be willing to do an interview, he replied personally, just a few hours later, with "I'm glad to do this!"
It really was clear when I met with Bob that he has a real passion for our products. He really does install all of this stuff on his own, and I've heard the feedback he gives product teams when he sees things we should do better. When you look at the evolution of our server products over the years he's been in this role, you can see how that passion is paying off.
I have a request for you: At some point you've been using a Microsoft product, and asked yourself "what were they thinking when they made this?" If you'll let me know what product you were using, and what made you want to ask that question, I'll grab my Edge camera and do my best to find an answer for you.
