Vista sparks panic
http://www.torontosun.com/News/World/2008/04/14/5278491-sun.html
Vista: The kiss of death for Microsoft execs
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| 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.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/vista_the_kiss_of_death_for_microsoft_execs
Users fight to save Windows XP
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| Fans of the six-year-old operating system set to be pulled off store shelves
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^
| in June have papered the Internet with blog posts, cartoons and petitions
| recently.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700ap_microsoft_save_xp.html?source=mypi
Why struggle to travel back to 2001 when you can have a cutting-edge Linux
installation?
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
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
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
Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu
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| Michael Sievert, Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Marketing, is
| moving on, according to multiple sources of mine.
|
| It’s hard to make the case that Sievert, who was responsible for the
| worldwide introduction of Windows Vista, isn’t being pushed for the
| less-than-enthusiastic public perception of Microsoft’s latest version of
| Windows. Even though Microsoft has moved 100-million-plus copies of Vista,
| many consumers and businesses still consider the new release buggy, sluggish
| and incompatible with existing software and drivers.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1158
Veteran Windows architect resigns from Microsoft
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| On the heels of a week of news of a number of Microsoft executive departures
| and reshufflings, another has come to light. Rob Short, Corporate Vice
| President for Windows Core, has resigned from the company.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1110
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