Winners & Losers From the Week That Was
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| Microsoft: In an effort to keep up with Google, the computer giant seems to
| be getting pushed around at the bargaining table, writes Breakingviews. The
| latest example is Microsoft’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Fast Search &
| Transfer. The price comes to a whopping 48 times estimated 2010 earnings.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/01/11/winners-losers-from-the-week-that-was-26/?mod=yahoo_hs
When Google Grows Up
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| For those who haven't been paying attention, it's time to stop thinking of
| Google as just a search engine. Web ventures like Google Docs, Google
| Spreadsheets, Blogger and YouTube might not generate much revenue compared
| with Google's mammoth search business, but they're not mere side projects. In
| fact, argues Nicholas Carr, the former editor of the Harvard Business Review
| and author of the new book The Big Switch, those Web applications are signs
| of a fundamental change, a shift from the desktop to the Web that could
| redefine computing--and Google's business model.
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http://www.forbes.com/2008/01/11/google-carr-computing-tech-enter-cx_ag_0111computing.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/3x6com
All Roads Lead to Social Networking
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| During a panel discussion at CES, Owen Van Natta, chief revenue officer at
| Facebook, said, “We believe that social network is not building a new niche
| or vertical but it will permeate everything on Web and unlock things we don’t
| do today.” All roads lead to the social Web.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/59710-all-roads-lead-to-social-networking?source=yahoo
Microsoft? Social? [me laughs /]
Days ago:
The Microsoft reorg week in review
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| So what’s one to make of all this churn? Brain drain? Panic over Gates’
| impending role change? Or just “if it’ January, it must be time for yet
| another Microsoft reorg”? Word is there are still some more reorg shoes to
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| drop in the next week or so, so stay tuned….
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1104
Microsoft shake-up: The e-mails on President Raikes’ depature
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| The anonymous blogger Mini-Microsoft raised some interesting points about
| Microsoft’s choice of a largely unknown outsider (“Stephen ‘Who’ Elop?”) for
| the top MBD job. Maybe Microsoft decided it needed an injection of fresh and
| communications-centric blood in its enterprise software business. But as Mini
| notes:
|
| “I found it ironic that while Mr. Ballmer in the announcement email was
| praising Mr. Raikes ability to recruit, mentor and nurture Microsoft
| leadership, Raikes was not being replaced by someone he groomed. I tell you,
| if I was a Raikes direct I would seriously be considering whether I was ready
| for a new challenge, at Microsoft or elsewhere.”
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1103
Juniper Networks exec to succeed Microsoft Business Division President Raikes
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| Another reason I consider the Raikes announcement timing odd: Why announce
| Raikes’ departure a day after acknowledging the defection of your mergers and
| acquisitions chief Bruce Jaffe? You could make the argument that Microsoft
| wants to get all its defection/churn announcements out of the way at once.
| But I’m not sure I’d look at things the same way, if I were one of the
| company’s “image makers”….
|
| Microsoft also announced on January 10 that Bob Muglia, the Senior Vice
| President in charge of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business, is going to
| move out of the Business Division and report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1101
Microsoft loses top executive in China
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| "Li Gong is currently exploring other career opportunities," Microsoft said
| in a statement to News.com.
|
| [...]
|
| In a September 2005 Business Week interview, Ballmer touted Gong as
| one of several key hires that Microsoft had made.
|
| Most recently, Gong has served as managing director of Windows LiveC
| hina and as Vice President of Microsoft China R&D Group.
|
| Gong's name came up in the case over Kai-Fu Lee, the top Microsoft
| executive whose hiring by Google sparked a multistate legal battle.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6149735.html
Microsoft losing acquisition playmaker
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| In a previous life Jaffe was the CFO for Microsoft's MSN division, and also
| had roles overseeing acquisitions related to Microsoft's consumer business,
| groups like MSNBC and Microsoft Games.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9847376-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Recent:
Microsoft’s OEM chief defects to Lenovo
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| While so many of us Microsoft watchers were preoccupied with the hasty
| departure of former Microsfot CIO Stuart Scott, the resignation of the
| company’s OEM chief slipped right by most of us.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=999
Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a ‘vacation’
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| Veteran Softies are dropping like flies lately. The latest Microsoft exec to
| leave is Jawad Khaki, Corporate Vice President of the Windows Hardware
| Ecosystem.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1002
Related:
Danny Thorpe quits the Windows Live development team
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| Danny Thorpe, one of the higher-profile hires Microsoft made to its Windows
| Live team, has decided to leave for greener pastures.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=806
Microsoft’s open source chief takes on Windows server marketing
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| The change comes amid a long-building storm that exploded in May, when the
| company said that Linux violates 235 Microsoft patents.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/100807-microsoft-open-source-windows-server.html
Microsoft says Zune executive will leave company
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| Bryan Lee, corporate vice president at Microsoft's entertainment
| and devices division, also played a key role in shaping the Xbox
| game console business and the introduction of its Internet
| Protocol television software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6155200.html
Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits
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| In March, Blake Irving, the Corporate VP in charge of the Windows
| Live platform, announced his plans to leave Microsoft, effective
| this summer. Payne announced his resignation from Microsoft shortly
| after Irving made his announcement.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=407
at least no chairs were thrown…
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| A friend of mine was walked out of Microsoft today.
|
| I’m not talking about Stuart Scott, the now former Microsoft CIO who was
| canned for “violating company policies.” No, another friend decided to leave
| the MSN Live Search team and join Google Kirkland.
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http://selberg.org/2007/11/06/at-least-no-chairs-were-thrown/
Another Microsoft Search reorg: Shum now leads engineering
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| That same month, Windows Live Platform VP Blake Irving resigned, as did Chris
| Payne. the Corporate Vice President in charge of Windows Live Search.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=927
Former Microsoft Search Chief Bill Bliss On Early Search Missteps
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| Bill's biggest regret? Not bypassing middle management that wasn't
| listening to him scream about the coming threat of Google and going
| right up to Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
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http://searchengineland.com/070309-094930.php
Microsoft Search Leader To Leave Company
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| The Microsoft Corp. vice president who led the company's push into
| Internet search is leaving the software giant as the effort he
| helped launch loses ground against lead competitor Google Inc.
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http://online.wsj.com/preview_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117329976478329930.html%3Fmod%3Dyahoo_hs%26ru%3Dyahoo
http://tinyurl.com/2jran7
Microsoft Businesss Solutions Group's Burgum to resign
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| Microsoft Corp.'s Business Solutions group senior vice president Doug
| Burgum will resign, effective June 30, and leave the company to pursue
| other opportunities, the company said on Tuesday.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060912:MTFH70760_2006-09-12_16-35-37_N9C318839&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/h4coe
Database head to leave daily duties at Microsoft
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| Paul Flessner, who leads Microsoft's data storage and platform
| division, will step down from his daily duties after the new year.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6131496.html
XBLA's Ross Erickson leaves Microsoft, heads over to Sierra Online
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| Of course, this follows XBLA General Manager Greg Canessa's
| departure a couple weeks back. While having two of the most
| senior Xbox Live Arcade execs jump ship in a two week time
| span after a particularly long string of subpar Wednesdays
| -- nothing, Ms. Pac-Man, Lumines add-on, nothing, Root Beer
| Tapper, Paperboy, nothing -- might seem to imply certain
| disaster, Ross insisted that he and Greg's decided to
| leave under entirely different circumstances.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/20/xblas-ross-erickson-leaves-microsoft-heads-over-to-sierra-onli/
http://tinyurl.com/25s6he
XBLA main man jumps ship
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| In somewhat surprising news, Greg Canessa, the big guy behind
| Xbox Live Arcade, has left the Microsoft compound for PopCap Games.
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http://www.destructoid.com/xbla-main-man-jumps-ship-29716.phtml
Microsoft Windows Live VP to resign
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| Blake Irving, a Corporate Vice President in Microsoft's Windows
| Live Platform group, is resigning his post, according to sources
| close to the company.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=296
Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
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| After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
| Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
| research director at JupiterResearch.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?
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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
|
| [...]
|
| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html
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