Microsoft Makes Mundie Responsible for Unlimited Potential
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| As part of those changes, current UPG co-leader Will Poole will leave
| Microsoft in the September-October time frame, the company confirmed on
| Tuesday. Former unified communications executive Anoop Gupta will replace
| Poole as corporate vice president of UPG.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144676/microsoft_makes_mundie_responsible_for_unlimited_potential.html
Everyone seems to be leaving except for Ballmer, who only speaks of future
retirement as his company approaches debt. He drove it to the ground by
essentially being a gangster that buys software companies and buries/bullies
them, then pays fines.
Windows is a dead end (can't be developed properly) and the world's software
moves to the Web (that's why Microsoft needs Yahoo at the cost of a
$20,000,000,000+ loan).
Can /anyone/ blame the trolls here for going out of control?
Yesterday:
Windows exec Poole leaving Microsoft (Update)
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| 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.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/136482.asp?source=rss
Recent:
Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits As Redmond Exodus Builds
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| Earlier this year, Microsoft Business Division president Jeff Raikes said he
| would retire in September, to be replaced by former Juniper Networks chief
| operating officer Stephen Elop.
|
| Microsoft's merger and acquisitions chief Bruce Jaffe stepped down at the end
| of February.
|
| To boot, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will give up full-time duties at the
| company in July.
|
| The departures highlight one of Microsoft's biggest challenges as a mature
| company: attracting and retaining Silicon Valley's top talent. In its early
| days, Microsoft could entice recruits with an entrepreneurial environment and
| stock options that eventually turned secretaries into millionaires.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001276&subSection=All+Stories
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
Microsoft's DreamSpark – What a Giveaway
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| The rest of the $44.6bn (£22.3bn) deal would be financed with an undisclosed
| amount of credit.
|
| What that means is that it must squeeze as much money as it can from its
| operations to fund that debt and still pay dividends to shareholders, who
| will be looking for some payback from the Yahoo takeover. Giving away
| software is the last thing it would want to do in these circumstances, and
| the DreamSpark announcement shows just how worried it is about the future.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsofts-dreamspark-%E2%80%93-what-giveaway
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