Microsoft in the Spotlight
November 10, 2010
Steve Ballmer sells stock worth a billion to save some money on taxes. Executives jump ship with one catching a boat to frozen Finland. But the big news—bigger than the new Windows phone—was Ray Ozzie’s bail out.
“Steve Ballmer E-mail to Employees on Ray Ozzie Transition” highlighted the Microsoft Chief Executive Officer’s open letter to all its employees regarding the exit of Ray Ozzie from his role as the chief software architect. Recounting the achievements of the company and the contributions of Ray, Mr. Ballmer allegedly said:
Before he retires from Microsoft, Ray will be focusing his efforts in the broader area of entertainment where Microsoft has many ongoing investments.
What?
We, customers, developers, and Microsoft stay behinds now await the last trick the inventor or collaboration has up his sleeve. What’s beyond the cloud? Mr. Ballmer allegedly said:
The CSA role was unique and I won’t refill the role after Ray’s departure.
Okay, no chief architect. Lots of money from Office and servers. Is this the new Microsoft? Looks like it. And search? We looked but couldn’t find it.
Harleena Singh, November 10, 2010
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