We're gonna miss you, Cringe. No one will do it as sardonically, or something along those lines.

The Cringe has been a staple fro many years and will be missed. Perhaps things would have worked out better if Pammy had stayed around.

Hmm... I'd say that blogging is a younger media's game. Your blogs are as good as anyone's. It's just a shame that they're wrapped inside such a heavily ad-laden publication.

Looks like this one got posted 24 hours early....

... and it started out to be a good day.

Man, you'll be missed - I never even minded that there were two of you.
Thanks for all the entertainment and info, and maybe we'll meet again in another life (or blog).

Say it ain't so! No more Cringe? Going over to Microsoft - that part's a joke, right? Had we but known you needed more comments to make ends meet we all would have chimed in.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Ah, nice April Fools joke...

You'll be missed greatly. Yours is the only InfoWorld blog I had on my favorites. Time to find a new love, I suppose. :) Just can't believe you're going to MS. :-D But may blessings follow you where ever you go.

I knew all this online format stuff would come to no good ........

What's this pay-per-comment stuff??? Are you trying to shift the blame to ardent and loyal readers?

Who Knew? Hope the April Fool comment is correct.

Man! I can't believe this. I have been looking forward to your articles each week for years. If I had known about your compensation arrangement, I would have made a point of commenting on each article.

I will miss reading your blog, but probably not as much as InfoWorld will miss having me visit their website.

Good Luck and Best Wishes

Now I have no reason at all to go to infoworld.com. I'm deleting it from my bookmarks now. Is it April first yet?

Well, that about finishes it for me and Infoworld. This was the last feature of Infoworld that I've been paying attention to, so no longer will I see any of their information.

Your blog was the only thing I kept reading after infoworld dropped it's print magazine. Now I don't have any reason to visit the infoworld website. I will miss you

Sorry my paranoid browsing kept me from leaving cookies, javascript and images turned on. (Pre-requisits for comments.)

Will miss you terribly, and can't believe you are going over to the darkside. Seems MS has been snatching up a bunch of you lately.

My itching tin hat makes me suspect MS bought you out just to keep you quiet about things like Vista. (Conspiracy theorists will probably pick this up.)

And all this time I thought you were really that other Cringley who blogs on PBS.

Good luck, and hope you get paid before you lose a leg.

Man, I hope, like others, that this is just an April Fool's joke. Cringe, I've been reading your stuff since the 80s when I worked at Los Alamos National Lab and shared a copy of Infoworld with my carpooling buddies.

Say it ain't so!

Well, just who am I going to get my paranoia material from now? What do you expect me to do for Machiavellian speculations?

No, this just won't do!

Well, darn. Hate to see ya go, but at least your last paycheck should be good from all these comments. Between Notes From the Field and Off the Record, there really isn't any other regular stuff that I read.

Thanks for all the laughs!

You better let the April Fool's Joke off the hook before all your loyal readers leave for another publication!

We'll be looking for your new blog.

Cheers,

Michael

Well, hey, maybe Pammy will take you back now.

Say it ain't so. This is like having no J in PB&J. No where will I go to get a dose of reality?

BTW - I still miss Pammy!

Hey Cringe,

I'm sayin' this way too late, I know, but you can tell your editor that whenever I received InfoWorld, the FIRST thing I ALWAYS did was turn to your column/blog.

I most enjoyed your love-lorn-life stories. You had some doosies! I hated it when a new editor cut those stories - they were the best; they gave the cold tech-world some human warmth - and squalor!

I'll miss you, man!!!!

A not so good fan,

Bill G.

Not helping my conspiracy issues. Good Luck.

Ah yes, there's no fool like an April Fool. Nice column, Cringe! See you next week :-)

hahahahaha

good one Cringe....

hahahaha

they will never let you out. stop dreaming.

The REAL Robert X. Cringely left InfoWorld years ago. The poser who has continued the column will not be missed. When the column had the latest tech gossip it was cool, but this blog of late has been lame. The real Cringe continues, and by the way, he and the real Pammy got married and are living happily ever after. You can join his effort to land a rover on the moon and collect the Google prize. See his PBS site for information.

O joyous day and good riddance, you loud-mouthed, no-talent hack. I'm sure the idiots at Microsquat will soon realize the error of their ways.

Oh NO!

Cringe - your stuff was something I really looked forward to in InfoWorld since the 80's. You made me laugh. You made me think. Your slant on the world was unique and always entertaining.

So who's gonna get the scoop now? Is Pammy taking over for you at InfoWorld?

OK, This is an April Fool's joke right? I expect to see this come out tomorrow that it was all for not.

Wait and see.....

I've been reading your columns for ages. I wish you well. Often major shakeups in life, even if they seem bad at first, tend to work out for the best somehow. It's all a learning experience anyway.

Good luck.

Hummm . . . I guess Microsoft does have enough money!!!

Best of luck - thanks for the laughs!!

I vote for this being an April fool's joke. But just in case it isn't, best wishes, I'll miss your column, it was the only electronic publication I read every week without fail. Hope you keep up with your PBS blog.

Not to but anyones bubble but...

A) It's April 1st (he isn't going anywhere you silly people).

B) The Cringster is like Batman. Metaphorically speaking I would put this incarnation above George Cloony and probably even above Val Kilmer but nothin' beats Adam West.

No offense. Your's still way better than that Kat guy in that other rag (if he still meows).

Hate to see u leave also, hope the future looks brighter. Thanks for your posts and ideals and laughs... at lest u have PBS to fall back on.

Oh... thats not the same person!?!?
:)

i wish this is just another april fools joke :( sad to hear that you'll be leaving.

Oh Lord, and we hardly new ye...

Irony of ironies. Redmond no less.

I'll treasure my bright yellow Cringe bag even more.

Thanks for all of the years of grins, guffaws, and chuckles.

This had better be an April Fool's joke...I have been reading Notes From the Field since the 80's and even listen to the NPR broacasts. Going to the Darkside is not very funny.

Thanks for all the great columns over the years! We'll still love ya' (I hope) :)

I find it funny this post is running next to the story. "Microsoft buys Yahoo" with the sub title of. "This Signals the death of Yahoo"

Since your now at Microsoft... I hope that does not spell an early death ;-)

Looking forward to seeing you on our side of the lake - I'm in the Fremont neighborhood, so say hi if you come visit the Fremont Troll or our Statue of Lenin or Fremont Rocket.

You know, you could always jump ship to Google or Adobe - they're here too.

But which Cringely ARE you?? There are SO MANY!!

I have been reading your articles but have never commented. Very sad to see you go. Nobody can blame you to have the courage to face the realities of life. All the best in your endeavors. Well, this is my first and last comment in Infoworld. Bye