Pre-Town Hall, Posters, and Micronews
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| I'd appreciate Mr. Ballmer taking this chance to hit the reset button
| and go over major changes in what we value in this company.
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/05/pre-town-hall-posters-and-micronews.html
This is a fairly influential anonymous blogger from Microsoft. It's not just
'yey another blogger'.
Last week:
MicroYa! and Thinking About a Big Reboot
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| We need a reboot. A reset. A refocusing on what's essential for
| Microsoft to succeed and realign its culture into the fantastic,
| crazy, wonderful place that it has all the raw potential to be.
| And by hitting the reset button, it gives people the permission
| to push the boundaries and align with the positive goals of success.
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/05/microya-and-thinking-about-big-reboot.html
Related:
MS Insider: The Office Crew Isn't Smart Enough to Supplant Real Windows
Developers
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| "With Alchin retiring, MarkL and MarkZ, two of the most talented
| architects in MS already having left, the picture gets really
| ugly for the Windows division," my friend claimed, and the BV's
| core team members, Ian McDonald, Jack Mayo, Todd Wanke, Clyde
| Rodriguez and others are starting to connect the dots.
|
| [...]
|
| He concluded ominously. "A trainwreck of biblical proportions looms.
| Pick a good seat on the sidelines, trainwrecks this large take
| awhile to complete. Vista may be the last MS OS for some time to
| come, especially if Cutler decides to play hardball."
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http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/09/11/ms-insider-the-office-crew-isnt-smart-enough-to-supplant-real-windows-developers/
http://tinyurl.com/35eqrt
More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing
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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.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=30516
Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
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