Should You Stay or Should You Go Now?
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| I can tell you this: I, like a lot of senior Microsofties, can'timagine
| staying for another year of flat stock growth.
|
| [...]
|
| [comment:]
|
| The bottom line is that we are entering a period of innovation
| (outside of MS) that is very similar to 1995. This is a great
| time to leave. For me, personally, that day is this June. If youa
| re unfettered by family or financial obligations, you will kick
| yourself in the butt for not taking this chance.
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/04/should-you-stay-or-should-you-go-now.html
Also today:
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| "Meanwhile, Circuit City Stores posted a $12 million loss. The company
| says the launch of Microsoft's new operating system, Vista, and low
| sales of flat-panel televisions hurt the bottom line.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/04/us-stocks-closer-biz-cx_jal_0404video3.html?partner=yahootix
Vista /hurts/ the bottom line. This is very telling.
Related:
A Whole Lotta Movin' On! [at Microsoft]
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| Mr. Todd Bishop points out various interesting departures as of late
| and even further back:
|
| * Hillel Cooperman who was a key figure behind the
| buzz-worthy dead-as-a-doornail Microsoft Max now runs Jackson
| Fish Market. Hey, be careful with your fries around this guy
| (long story).
| * Walter Smith who has headed to work with Mr. Cooperman.
| * As has Jenny Lam of Vista UX.
| * Brian Marr.
| * Alex Barnett (old MSDN blog, new bridge-preserving
| non-Microsoftie blog).
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/04/whole-lotta-movin-on.html
Microsoft Search Leader To Leave Company
,----[ Quote ]
| The Microsoft Corp. vice president who led the company's push into
| Internet search is leaving the software giant as the effort he
| helped launch loses ground against lead competitor Google Inc.
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http://online.wsj.com/preview_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117329976478329930.html%3Fmod%3Dyahoo_hs%26ru%3Dyahoo
http://tinyurl.com/2jran7
Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
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| After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
| Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
| research director at JupiterResearch.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Microsoft Windows Live VP to resign
,----[ Quote ]
| Blake Irving, a Corporate Vice President in Microsoft's Windows
| Live Platform group, is resigning his post, according to sources
| close to the company.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=296
XBLA's Ross Erickson leaves Microsoft, heads over to Sierra Online
,----[ Quote ]
| Of course, this follows XBLA General Manager Greg Canessa's
| departure a couple weeks back. While having two of the most
| senior Xbox Live Arcade execs jump ship in a two week time
| span after a particularly long string of subpar Wednesdays
| -- nothing, Ms. Pac-Man, Lumines add-on, nothing, Root Beer
| Tapper, Paperboy, nothing -- might seem to imply certain
| disaster, Ross insisted that he and Greg's decided to
| leave under entirely different circumstances.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/20/xblas-ross-erickson-leaves-microsoft-heads-over-to-sierra-onli/
http://tinyurl.com/25s6he
XBLA main man jumps ship
,----[ Quote ]
| In somewhat surprising news, Greg Canessa, the big guy behind
| Xbox Live Arcade, has left the Microsoft compound for PopCap Games.
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http://www.destructoid.com/xbla-main-man-jumps-ship-29716.phtml
Microsoft loses top executive in China
,----[ Quote ]
| "Li Gong is currently exploring other career opportunities," Microsoft said
| in a statement to News.com.
|
| [...]
|
| In a September 2005 Business Week interview, Ballmer touted Gong as
| one of several key hires that Microsoft had made.
|
| Most recently, Gong has served as managing director of Windows LiveC
| hina and as Vice President of Microsoft China R&D Group.
|
| Gong's name came up in the case over Kai-Fu Lee, the top Microsoft
| executive whose hiring by Google sparked a multistate legal battle.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6149735.html
Microsoft says Zune executive will leave company
,----[ Quote ]
| Bryan Lee, corporate vice president at Microsoft's entertainment
| and devices division, also played a key role in shaping the Xbox
| game console business and the introduction of its Internet
| Protocol television software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6155200.html
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