While we were debating lipsticks on pigs..

...the whole world's watching and laughing, writes Dave Winer , who is arguably one of the world's first bloggers*. He ends his rant saying:

Being an American in 2008 is a lot like working at Microsoft in 1994 or so. Netscape is coming soon and after that Google, and while we'll still be here, the cursor will be somewhere else, and our stock options will be worthless and we'll be fighting with each other while the rest of the world builds around us.

MSFT is not quite worthless but you know what he means! Also, just for kicks, go see this chart of GOOG vs MSFT in the last 4 years.

* Here's what people have been saying about him.

"The protoblogger." - NY Times.

"The father of modern-day content distribution." - PC World.

One of BusinessWeek's 25 Most Influential People on the Web.

"Helped popularize blogging, podcasting and RSS." - Time.

"The father of blogging and RSS." - BBC.

And I, the blogger, had not even heard about him till now! The things I don't know!