Microsoft-Watcher Mary Jo Foley has been the scurge of Microsoft since the mid 90s.  Back when I was an OS/2 developer, there'd be people in the office half-rooting/half-fearing what MJ would write next about the empire. 

Now that Microsoft-Watch.com, her website/super-blog has taken off, her coverage of Longhorn has given many of Microsoft's advocates some heart burn.

The problem Microsoft is having and that Mary Jo is reporting is that Longhorn has been a much more..organic development than say Windows NT was.  The problems it is being designed to solve have changed during the course of development and as a result the priorities of Longhorn have had to change to adapt to new realities in the market.  Of course, when a site like Microsoft-Watch.com points out these changes, it can create some groaning to those who would prefer to sweep under the rug the fact that, yes Virginia, Longhorn's specs of 2005 bear little resemblance to what they were to be at PDC back in 2003 even.

So what's the verdict? Is Mary Jo just telling to cold hard truth, or is she the bringer of an anti-Microsoft FUD party?