The blog’s author was interviewed for an article in the September 26, 2005 issue of Business Week, part of a cover package about trouble at Microsoft.
The author announced another hiatus in February 2009, saying that he was considering leaving the company; in response, the local TechFlash blog suggested, "He should just reveal his identity, and see what happens.
[8] Lisa Brummel, Microsoft's head of human resources, told the Seattle Times in October 2006 that she planned to start an internal blog called InsideMS where employees can discuss issues with each other, anonymously if they so preferred.
[14] The anonymous blogger, nicknamed "Microsoft's Deep Throat" by Business Week, became popular among reporters as a source for leads on news stories about the company.
[1] Rob Enderle wrote in 2007 that he considered Mini-Microsoft a "guilty pleasure" and praised the blogger for mixing thoughtful criticism and actionable recommendations.
[16][17][18] Steven Sinofsky wrote in 2022 about the blogger, whose identity he did not know, "… they were a fixture over everything that was going on at Microsoft, even if I chose to ignore them the rest of the Windows team and the company followed every word (and so did the press)."
"[19] Alex Shin, head of operations at TeamBlind, ran a branding campaign in 2016 for the Blind social media app by referring to it as "Mini-Microsoft 2.0".