Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit
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| The move, along with several other changes in the Windows marketing
| and product management ranks, is the latest in an ongoing
| restructuring at Microsoft that began in September 2005, with the
| company reordering itself from five business units to three and
| announcing the retirement of Jim Allchin. Allchin retired at
| the end of January.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6162675.html
As the links below show, there are very serious organisational issues. The
departure of many executives does not help either.
Related:
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| "Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista
| operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company 'scrambles' to fix
| internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN... Microsoft has
| also admitted that it has major problems in it's Windows division and has
| has immediately initiated a total restructure of the division..."
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http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computing/Platforms?Article=/Computing/Platforms/R7G5G6U4
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
Niall Sez Microsoft is Too Big and Paralyzed
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| If I understand the law correctly, as it has worked in the courtroom, if
| you have a bunch of incriminating e-mails, and you destroy them because
| they're incriminating, the court and/or jury is entitled to assume the
| worst about the e-mails - that they incriminate you. I mean, why else did
| you destroy them?
|
| But if you have a company policy that "we destroy all emails after 3
| months", and the incriminating emails get destroyed, then the court
| can't assume anything, because that's just how you do things.
|
| Note well: I am not a lawyer, I am not your lawyer, and this is not
| legal advice.
|
| By the way, don't blame the emails for biting you in court. Blame
| Microsoft's actions for biting you in court. The emails were just the
| proof. You want to have less trouble in court? Change the corporate
| behavior, not the email retention policy.
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/08/niall-sez-microsoft-is-too-big-and.html
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