__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 06 September 2006 18:06 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 06 September 2006 14:27 \__
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Top Vista executive Brain Valentine exits Microsoft after 19-year career
>>>> for Amazon.com
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>>>>| As Microsoft reaches another major milestone in the five year run-up to
>>>>| Vista, Microsoft also confirmed published reports Tuesday that Brian
>>>>| Valentine, senior vice president in charge of Windows development and
>>>>| 19-year Microsoft veteran, is leaving the company. Valentine will
>>>>| assume a senior vice president's post at Amazon.com beginning in mid
>>>>| September. Last month, Microsoft announced it planned to reassign
>>>>| valentine to another positon after the completion of Vista and
>>>>| appointed Microsoft Senior Vice President Jon DeVaan to lead Windows
>>>>| development in the future.
>>>> `----
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http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=192501746&printableArticle=true
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>>> Yeah, 'cos it must be middle-management's fault...
>>
>> Vista: no prospects. And now... no leadership either. Didn't they swap
>> managers this yeat, putting in charge a former Office manager to take care
>> of Vista? They said he would not fail. One wonders if Office source code
>> is quite as bad as the Windows source code. Surely, the two intersect,
>> so...
>>
>> By the way, Jo Foley says that people will now report to Allchin. Isn't he
>> supposed to retire early next year? That's a recipe for disaster.
>>
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> There're going to be some huge changes at MS. I imagine a lot of MS
> guys are sincerely hoping that Vista will sell, as it might let them
> keep their jobs if it does - this could be why we're seeing an
> increasing onslaught here of trolls - we've had a number of new ones in
> here recently.
>
> We need to encourage Mr Porter back!
Never spoke to Terry (I subscribed around Q2/Q3 of 2005), but I saw his name
in the archives. "Bring out the GIMP (think of it as a form of flattery)",
as they said in Pulp Fiction.
As regards your last point, it seems likely that ex-Softies will show up in
Linux newsgroups and stir things up. With obscure physics-obsessed names
like Hadron Quark, this seems very likely. Bitter Softies that got sacked
could actually retaliate by helping the Linux cause. But it's really a case
which boils down by choosing a side and flowing with it. COLA is the winning
side and, as evidence, take a quick glimpse at that cave which is the
Windows advocacy NG.
Best wishes,
Roy
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