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| Microsoft Corp. said Thursday that Jeff Raikes, the top executive in its
| business software division, will retire in September.
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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gYx02SHwSnQ7Ip4gSgkTJB7VZofgD8U3B66O0
Retiring early is pretty the same as quitting. Gates and Allchin leave as well.
They bring in replacements _from the outside_! This has been the worst year
for Microsoft, no question about it. It also engaged in (and got caught for) a
lot of crime in 2007.
Watch Microsoft as it tries to escape another defeat that they suffered this
week:
Microsoft backpedals on Blu-ray for Xbox 360 comments
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| After Reuters asked Microsoft’s group marketing manager for Xbox hardware,
| Albert Penello, if Microsoft would support a Blu-ray Disc drive accessory in
| the event that HD DVD failed, he said: "It should be consumer choice, and if
| that's the way they vote, that's something we'll have to consider."
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/10/microsoft_denies_hddvd_reuters_quote/
Ouch. Well, some XBox managers jumped the ship (the entertainment division is a
financial disaster), so maybe he's one of the "new guys" who don't know what
to tell the press. He screwed up and as one of the comments states: "Pure
Embarrassment. Posted: 15:28 10th January 2008".
Related:
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
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| The only way Microsoft has managed to hire so many people
| has been by lowering their hiring standards significantly...
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/24.html
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| Microsoft ranks no. 50 on FORTUNE's 2007 Best Companies
| to Work For list this year. The Redmond, Wash.-based company
| was ranked 42 on the 2006 list.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/05/magazines/fortune/microsoft_w.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
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