Brad, wow, this is big news. Your old blog was one of the very first blogs I ever subscribed to. Thank you for all of your helpful writings over the years, and good luck in the new position!

My advice, since you asked: watch out for the media, and flying chairs. And do whatever you can to help Google deliver on their promise that is more important than any future of technology: “don’t be evil”.

Unbelievable. I’m burning your .NET Arch book when I get home.

Best of luck, Brad! I expect that within a year, you’ll have gotten Google to migrate all of their web apps over to ASP.NET and Silverlight/RIA Services.

Gosh…Ahem.

I hope it ends up being more a case of Google going Brad Abrams than the other way around – (of course my personal favourite would be to see Google become more .NET-friendly – we can always dream)

Wow…. First, I thought you were going to start your own business but with something related in .NET technology, so I never imagine that you’re joining Google. Anyway, I learned a lot from your book and your blog post. I wish you the best.

Man, I’m so happy you’ve done this. I’m pretty sure Google will be a better place for you.

Good luck with the new adventures

Wow. Google. Ha.

Well, Jon Skeet proved you can do great C# and .NET work while still working at Google — even if it’s on your own time.

Best of luck, Brad. The .NET world already misses you.

Hey Brad,

Congratulations!

When will SEO Design Guidelines be released?

Raj Kaimal

Happy for you Brad! It was a privilege having you as my mentor at MS (and also getting interviewed by you… loved your questions…).

You’ll have to stop saying “Super” though – and no more Cornflower Blue shirts…

Wow…., So nice to hear that !!!

Best of luck on your new work!!!!

We’ll wait for your well known posts about google apps!

Congrats! Would love to hear what you think about AppEngine and Android!

Great news Brad!

I think you’ll like it – good move for you.

I look forward to move posts on your experience with this.

If I had one wish for you to bring up in a board meeting one time, it would be this: Use mono for android.

Good luck!

Best of luck brad it was great “working” with you in building 42.

Great job, Brad! You totally deserve this! I applaud the change for new challenges!

Wow, I am surprised nothing hit you in the head during the exit interview
I wish you all the best at Google. It would be super cool if you could get the Google guys to get Android to implement the CLI so we could do C# on it.
Besides, you will get to work with Tim Bray (http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/03/15/Joining-Google)

Looks like Tim has already started on Ruby and Python (http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/04/11/Other-Android-Languages)

Brad, I hated to see you go, as you’ve been one of my biggest influences and one of the reasons I joined Microsoft. I’m just happy that there are lots of other cool and talented folks you left here at the mothership.

Google is getting a good deal here. I wish you well and hope you succeed (but only enough to be #2 in the web space )

Congratulations and best of luck.

PS: did they make you do a whiteboard problem during the interview?

Congratulations Brad!

This sounds like a great move on your part and I’m sure both Google and yourself will benefit greatly. If you can have even an iota of influence on shaping Google products, I’m sure I’ll be using them (whatever they are) much more in the future.

It was my esteemed pleasure of having worked with you and those excellent men and women you’ve brought into the fold in Microsoft. You’re one of the truly colossal ‘softies I got to work with. I’m positive you’ll make Google a great new home for yourself.

Sincerely and best of luck,
– Justin Angel

PS. Hopefully Google doesn’t have a BYOTCCFH policy (Bring Your Own “Trash-Can Chair” From Home)

Congratulations and best of luck Brad. I’ve learned a great deal from your books and blog posts over the years, and I appreciate everything you’ve done for the .NET developer community.

Everyone needs a change of pace professionally every now and then and happy to hear you found a great company. Here’s hoping your immense talent moves Google forward.

I have to admit that this was a surprise. Anyway, thanks for the years: your blog was the first blog I subscribed, and frameworkd design guidelines has been my “code style bible” from the start. Waiting eagerly what you’ll ship with Google.

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WOW! Congratulations, Brad! Google got a great deal
I still hope to see you at my MSDN/FireStarter events

-Mithun Dhar

Have fun in Google! And please don’t stop writing blogs.

Good luck Brad!

I think it’s a good choice, good luck.

@Darren – I second that (and it would also be nice if someone could get them to drop stupid Google Checkout for Android app sales, since it’s not available to NZ developers).
But I digress.

Congrats, Brad! Not a surprise, but definitely an interesting turn of events.

Looking forward to seeing what you do in your new role!

Congrats Brad, your work has been inspirational to me as developer over the years; I’m sure that won’t change… other than me having to figure out how to turn your bloody Java samples into C#

Congratulations Brad!
I hope it’s a good choice.
Hope, you will be so successful at Google as you was at Microsoft. Also, I’m sure, you will produce a lot for IT industry.
Thank for all!

Congrats! Its going to be interesting to hear if there are any big differences between google and your previous employer. Moving from one giant to another

Cheers! and Congrats! and looking forward of your new project.

Congratulations and good luck. I wish I was joining you I look forward to use the result of your new work – whatever that might be.

Hi Brad Abrams.. Sad for Microsoft, Big win for Google.. Wish you all the best at Google

Hope to see some posts on .Net too once in a while

Brad,

It is a big and unfortunate loss for Microsoft. I hope you stay the Brad we all have come to know and love and not become a douchebag like Don Dodge, i.e. start dissing Microsoft right after joining google.

Would love to hear what new trends that you will help setting for us.

Congrats Brad! I’m happy to see you taking on a new and different challenge. You made great contributions at Microsoft and I only expect to see more of the same from you at Google.

BTW, Silverlight on Android would be pretty sweet. (hint, hint)

Cheers,

++Alan

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Congratulations Brad! Certainly is a big change, but I know it will present new challenges and opportunities for you. Best luck!

Congratulations Brad! This was a big surprise for me, since the begining by you leaving Microsoft, and now joining Google.
This is certainly a big change that will bring you lots of challenges but I’m sure you’ll be very important for Google, and if you need something from me, I’ll always be available. Also since your going to something that I really love like Cloud+Web, and knowing how you work, and some of your thoughts about the subject I think the products will be much more interesting, and I’ll have to look again at Googles Products.
As for who benefits more with this change, I would say that will be Google, since someone with your vision is not easy to find.

Best of luck,

Nuno Godinho

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Congrats on your new position. I’m looking forward to hearing what you’ll be working on (if you can share it). To echo the comments of several of the others here, Google is getting a great resource and I hope this may lead to some nicer integration with .NET in the Google cloud.

Regards,
Mike Wood

believe it or not, I was kind of expecting that. I’m truly happy for you and I can’t wait to see the great impact that I’m 100% sure you will have in the developer community at Google. Best of lucks to you and hope to run into you at dev events.

That is some awesome news Brad! Best of luck on your endeavor. I agree with you – cloud + appliances is the direction we are heading. I would love it if my droid could also control my media set, play music from my home system while I was out, etc. BTW: Kick Google for me – my droid is still OS 1.5 when 99% of the “other brands” are 2.1.

Congrats Brad
So when i do get to write C# apps in Android…

Didn’t see that coming.

Why leave a space you have already established yourself as a leader in, and enter a space you know (relatively speaking) very little about?

Good luck Brad. Hope you’re not leaving behind “all things Microsoft” – but it sounds like you may be.

Congrats Brad, best of luck.
Maybe you can get Google to back Joe Hewitt’s idea about ECMA CLI in the browser. http://twitter.com/joehewitt

Congratulations Brad! You did great things at Microsoft and I look forward to the great things you will do at Google!

You’ll be in good company, be sure to hook up with Microsoft’s management when you get there.
I’m sure Gates and co will welcome you to Google.

Its really becoming obvious that MS has sold out the USA to the gay Google world government.

There is no way Google can beat Microsoft, unless Tel-Aviv wants it that way, and Warren Buffet is buying desert sand in Israel!

Good-Bye USA…

Gruber said it perfectly: “Rats leaving a sinking ship”

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Is this even legal? Does Microsoft even care about their trade secrets? Sheesh…Google has become more and more evil the past few months.

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I’m sure you’ll establish yourself as a leader at Google, Brad. We’ll miss you in the .NET Community!

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Congratulations, looking forward to seeing you at IO.

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Defector!!! Shame on you. You won’t be missed.

Once a traitor, always a traitor…

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This is very sad news, I really liked watching your presentations and reading your articles.
This is very sad

People are so sensitive. Traitor, defector are harsh words. The man needed a change of scenery. You may be O.K being at a job you are are no longer satisfied with, but Mr. Abrams is successful because he knows how to move on and do the things that make him happy.

I wish you luck Mr. Abrams.

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Congrats!

Does this mean you will be finishing the remaining few parts of your great Silverlight tutorial

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Wish you good luck!

This news has had my wheels turning for the past few weeks.

When you left MSFT I kept wondering if I should I stay invested in our large Silverlight App or should I hold off for HTML5.

Now you are at Google.

I am batting this around more. I hope we hear from you soon where you think the future lies.

Take care and have fun.

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Good luck for your new endeavor. If possible keep writing detailed blog entries as you have done in past. I have learned a lot from your blogs and books. You will be surely missed in .NET community.

Let me check if I got this straight. So, someone at Google one day decided to give you a job and no one, not even Google knows what you will be doing there. One top, they tell you to stay where you already at (aka no where near Googleplex). Interesting. That much have wanted you real bad even if they did not know why!

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Brad,

Best of luck in the new role @ Google, and thanks to you and your team @ Microsoft for building out WCF RIA Services – fantastic for building line-of-business Silverlight-based web applications.

Rob

great post as usual!

Congrats Brad. I’m sure it’ll be a fun adventure. I seriously doubt those ‘trader’ comments come from real Microsoft employees. I’m sure your other former colleagues wish you well as do I. Maybe I’ll see you at Google IO.

nice post. thanks.

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I’m interested to know how this turns out for you.

The question, is the grass greener on the other side?

well, i was shocked when i read that, movement like this is just like one of the player in soccer moving from one of the city soccer teams to the other one, it may have very side effects.
btw, is this movement as u mentioned is exactly because of the future? i mean future technology will be google ones? and more i want to ask is that is silverlight going to lose the battle with html5? is it really?

it’s nice for you, however, google is good place.

Hola, Todo dinбmica y muy positiva!
Gracias

Nicolas

Congratulations, Brad! It was really an honor and a pleasure getting to know you and Microsoft through my interviews, internships, and eventually full-time position. You were an incredible mentor and will be missed on this side of the fence.

Best of luck to you on your new adventure!

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