Talent Not Important At NineMSN
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| In the last 6 months the following have left the organisation:
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| * CEO
| * CTO
| * CFO
| * Marketing Director.
| * National Sales Manager
| * Executive Producer (News & Sport)
| * Executive Producer (Sport)
| * Head of Search
| * Producer (Sport)
| * Senior Copy Editor (7+ years @ ninemsn)
| * Multimedia Producer (5+ years)
| * The entire sports team (20 years experience) left to
| competitors in < 2 months
| * Producer of Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces
|
| [...]
|
| I'm all for cleaning house every once in a while, but this list is
| astonishing.
|
| [...]
|
| Better get a new ship is all I can say. This spells big trouble for
| Microsoft because it gets to a point where no matter how deep your pockets,
| if you can't recruit and retain talent, then the game is certainly up.
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http://blog.eightblack.com/2006/talent-not-important-at-ninemsn/
Related:
How many Microsofties does it take to implement the Off menu?
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| The only way Microsoft has managed to hire so many people
| has been by lowering their hiring standards significantly...
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/24.html
Will Berkowitz keep Windows Live?
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| At the risk of moving this article over to the opinion blog, many
| of the problems Berkowitz faces were caused not by too much focus
| on technical wizardry, but by a lack of clear direction, both for
| MSN and for Windows Live.
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http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2006/12/10/ny-times-will-berkowitz-keep-windows-live.aspx
Sources: Several Windows Live Projects Halted
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| Microsoft's Windows Live desktop search project has been
| shelved "indefinitely," although not much reasoning has been
| given as to the reason for its demise.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sources_Several_Windows_Live_Projects_Halted/1163715423
Ozzie: Vista, Office must adapt to Web era
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| Ozzie said that the transition to integrate online services into Microsoft
| products has been a challenge but that changes within the company are
| happening.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133895.html
Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
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| Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and
| developer tools also falls under his organization); competition with Google
| and Apple; and why a client-based version of Windows won?t ever completely
| disappear, regardless of how successful Web services become.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=66
MSN Still Going Nowhere Fast
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| It is worth noting that Microsoft still hasn't made any headway
| in the search-and-portal game and, in fact, is falling farther andf
| arther behind. As a result, it is not surprising that Steve Ballmer
| is now warning media companies that Google is the Evil Empire --
| because no other competitive tactic has worked.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061116/20767_id.html?.v=1
Mozilla Ships Alpha Release of Firefox 3.0
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| "...Developers hope that it will be a major step toward making Web
| applications indistinguishable from programs that are installed on
| the desktop, Schroepfer said."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061209/tc_pcworld/128128
Why I hate the new Windows Live Mail
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| Microsoft is currently in Beta on Windows Live Mail. Personally I think
| it is a steaming pile of garbage. The 'new and improved' email is
| nothing more than a fancier interface and more color options.
|
| [...]
|
| If you have not upgraded from standard I suggest you DO NOT. This is
| a typical product from Microsoft even though it is in beta. I think
| it should still be in alpha testing personally because at times I cannot
| even access my email which is most annoying when there might be
| time-sensitive documents in it. If you depend on your hotmail account
| for important emails I suggest looking into another option, like Gmail
| or even Yahoo. There are ZERO improvements in this deal and there is
| absolutely no reason to even think about moving to it until they force
| everyone to and even then I would consider just forwarding all the email
| to another account.
|
| Where is the 'undo' button so I can go back to the old Hotmail?
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http://www.xomba.com/why_i_hate_the_new_windows_live_mail
Some very recent departures:
Database head to leave daily duties at Microsoft
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| Paul Flessner, who leads Microsoft's data storage and platform
| division, will step down from his daily duties after the new year.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6131496.html
Microsoft Businesss Solutions Group's Burgum to resign
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| Microsoft Corp.'s Business Solutions group senior vice president Doug
| Burgum will resign, effective June 30, and leave the company to pursue
| other opportunities, the company said on Tuesday.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060912:MTFH70760_2006-09-12_16-35-37_N9C318839&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/h4coe
Other people who come to mind: Allchin, Gates, Scoble, Keneddy, Microsoft
Germany's head who quit in anger...
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