____/ High Plains Thumper on Thursday 17 April 2008 06:22 : \____
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:51:37 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Yesterday:
>>
>> Vista: The kiss of death for Microsoft execs
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Think Microsoft is happy with Vista? Think again. Numerous top execs
>> | involved in its development and launch are no longer at the company, at
>> | least in one instance because an exec was put in a position that was
>> | certainly a demotion. Â
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/vista_the_kiss_of_death_for_microsoft_execs
>
> [quote]
> Poole was clearly given a demotion of sorts after his work on Vista.
> Analysts note that after Vista, Poole was made head of the the Unlimited
> Potential group. Never heard of it? No one else has either. Keizer quotes
> analyst Michael Silver, who covers Microsoft at Gartner Inc., as saying,
> "When Poole was moved to run the Unlimited Potential group, that didn't
> sound like a promotion." That's putting it mildly.
> [/quote]
>
> Actually, "Unlimited Potential" resembles the so-called "Linux Reality
> Team" that formulated the bogus FAQ. Seems many of our faithful Wintrolls
> in this group fit this category. Sad reality is Linux is succeeding and
> succeeding well. There really is no more need to advocate Linux. We have
> won. They'll be able to hang their reality team sign at the edge of their
> beds in a nursing home.
"Unlimited Potential" can be called the "Anti-Linux Squad". Its role is to dump
software and very often hardware as well in places where Linux is just about
to take over. I could give you recent examples.
It's as ethical as Gates' wallet and as generous as it takes to eliminate
competition.
>> Recent:
>>
>> Windows exec Poole leaving Microsoft (Update)
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft senior vice president Will Poole, a longtime Windows
>> | executive, is retiring from the company, according to a report by ZDNet
>> | blogger Mary Jo Foley this afternoon. No confirmation from Microsoft
>> | yet.
>> |
>> | Poole would be the latest executive to leave the company since Windows
>> | Vista's launch. Others include Rob Short and Michael Sievert.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/136482.asp?source=rss
>
> Sounds much like Douglas Aircraft Company in the late 1980's. There were
> drastic changes in leadership, people left in droves. By mid 1990's,
> it became a company of Boeing. In 2005, company was bulldozed into the
> ground, land sold. 12 or so story corporate headquarter building that had
> the corporate name in big letters was no more.
>
> Perhaps Microsoft will become a company of Novell?
Microsoft is looking at alternatives businesses, but they return losses, not
much revenue. And the Microsoft brand is tarnished....
--
~~ Best of wishes
Microsoft loves competition.
"I’d be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it
Friday afternoon but not Saturday. I could do it pretty much any time the
following week."
--Brad Silverberg, Microsoft
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