The real difference between Microsoft and Google
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| Microsoft can shuffle the deck chairs all it wants.
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| It can buy Yahoo or YooHoo. It can trot out Steve Ballmer in Spandex and a
| cape.
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| Microsoft’s problem in competing with Google is far more basic.
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| It’s organizational.
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|
| [...]
|
| It’s not about the money. It’s not about the fame. It’s not about the name on
| the door. It’s not about becoming an executive.
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| It’s about the work. It’s about doing something over the course of just a few
| months and then seeing it online. It’s about trying, and sometimes failing,
| then trying again.
|
| [...]
|
| So far I’ve seen no evidence this is going to happen. I think Microsoft’s bid
| for Yahoo is proof of that. Once the deal goes down, all those smart
| Yahoo-ers will be free to leave. The dumb ones will be left, waiting for
| orders from Redmond.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2025
[sarcasm /] New hires for Microsoft?
Who Knew? Yahoo Continuing To Hire
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| In the midst of an absolute flood of them, we’ve got another trickle of
| firings to report: 40 people were let go by Yahoo India. The truly strange
| part, though, is that Yahoo India is still looking to add over 500 new
| employees.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/02/15/who-knew-yahoo-continuing-to-hire
Yahoo Layoffs Could Cost $25M
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| The company will share the impact with its shareholders as it accounts for
| the cost of the layoffs.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/02/15/yahoo-layoffs-could-cost-25m
Niall Kennedy had a lot to say:
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| Niall Kennedy, a high-profile hire from Technorati who joined Microsoft
| in April 2006 as Program Manager for syndication with the Windows Live
| team, has quit. And quit with a bang. From Kennedy's "Leaving
| Microsoft" post: "Windows Live is under some heavy change,
| reorganization, pullback, and general paralysis and unfortunately my
| ability to perform, hire, and execute was completely frozen as well."
| Ouch. Kennedy is off to do a startup, according to his blog, as of August
| 18.
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http://tinyurl.com/rg4nn ( microsoft-watch.com )
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