ZDNet cuts George Ou -- what are they thinking?

One of my favorite tech bloggers, George Ou, has been laid off from ZDNet, in yet another move by the mega-site that leaves me scratching my very head.

First they revamp their site in a way that marginalized a great many of their bloggers, making favorite writers -- and what they've written -- harder to find. OK, I'm getting used to the new look; I don't think it's an improvement in any way, but the content at ZDNet, hard to find as it now is, is in the top tier of tech news providers.

Then they get rid of one of their best writers.

George Ou might have been a Microsoft partisan, but he was -- and is -- so technically solid, that I can't believe he won't land on his feet before the week is out.

From George I learned plenty about network security, WiFi, getting the most out of hardware, as well as how to evaluate performance of PCs and their software.

I don't begrudge ZDNet's need to cut back if they're not making enough money, but cutting content lowers costs as well as quality, and it's a bad spiral. Not that it isn't happening, unfortunately, where I work, too.

For those who enjoyed his posts on ZDNet, George will update his situation at LANArchitect. I'll be checking often to see where he goes.