The remarks came from Niall Kennedy, hired by Microsoft in April to work on an Internet feed platform, as he disclosed this week that he was leaving the company. They're the latest criticism of Live from people close to the operation.
Windows Live is a catch-all brand for Microsoft's efforts to transition from a traditional software business model to "software as a service", which includes everything from ad-supported search to Web services to full-fledged business applications hosted or delivered over the web.
But Microsoft's difficulties in convincing investors of the merits of Live have thrown the project into disarray, according to Kennedy. In a blog entry, he said the company initially seemed serious about web-based delivery technologies such as RSS, RDF and Atom.
