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   graylox
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   Microsoft Announces Leadership Changes to Drive Next Wave of Products

   Nov. 12, 2012
   Steven Sinofsky to leave the company; Windows executives Julie Larson-Green and Tami Reller take expanded roles.
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   REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 12, 2012 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky will be leaving the company and that Julie Larson-Green will be promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering. Tami Reller retains her roles as chief financial officer and chief marketing officer and will assume responsibility for the business of Windows. Both executives will report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

   These changes are effective immediately. ...
   

   More info:
   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/exec/ssinofsky/
   http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/12/microsofts-windows-president-steven-sinofsky-leaves-company-following-launch-of-windows-8/
   http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233527/Windows_head_Steven_Sinofsky_to_leave_Microsoft

   graylox

   13-11-2012

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   mikiem2
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   Wondered if something was up when one of the PC magazines did a not entirely flattering article on him -- someone had to feed the article's author that info for his story. Couple few more links if anyone's interested...

   Microsoft Announces Leadership Changes to Drive Next Wave of Products

   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2012/Nov12/11-12AnnouncementPR.aspx

   "REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 12, 2012 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows and Windows Live President Steven Sinofsky will be leaving the company and that Julie Larson-Green will be promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering. Tami Reller retains her roles as chief financial officer and chief marketing officer and will assume responsibility for the business of Windows. Both executives will report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. "

   Microsoft's Shares Fall as Windows Head Exits

   http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2012/11/13/microsoft-windows-head-once-possible-ceo-exits/

   Microsoft's Windows unit head, possible CEO, exits

   http://www.foxbusiness.com/2012/11/13/microsoft-windows-unit-head-possible-ceo-exits/

   Microsoft's Windows unit head, once a possible CEO, exits

   http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/11/13/microsoft-windows-unit-head-once-possible-ceo-exits/

   All Things D - "Windows Head Steven Sinofsky to Leave Microsoft"

   http://allthingsd.com/20121112/breaking-windows-head-steven-sinofsky-to-leave-microsoft/?mod=atdtweet

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   mikiem2
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   All Things D - In the Sinofsky Departure, Bill Gates Sided With the Other Steve (Ballmer) at Microsoft

   http://allthingsd.com/20121113/in-the-sinofsky-departure-bill-gates-sided-with-the-other-steve-ballmer-at-microsoft/

   "Sometimes — even in the most complex of organizations, which software behemoth Microsoft most certainly is — it does come down to a simple choice.

   And in the case of the seemingly sudden departure of Windows head Steve Sinofsky yesterday, several high-level sources at the company said that it came down to former CEO and co-founder Bill Gates’s backing of current CEO Steve Ballmer in the controversial decision to part ways with the powerful exec.

   The goal? To better allow various units to work together more closely going forward."

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   this may be why mentioned as a possible CEO successor.
   Ballmer need to go as well I think ?

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   Anonymous
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   http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/7955760/Microsoft-loses-Sinofsky-and-the-plot

   Microsoft loses Sinofsky and the plot

   But now Sinofsky is suddenly gone. And while I bet his departure will make Microsoft a nicer place to work, I'm not sure that harmony is what the company needs now. Under Ballmer, Microsoft has long operated like it doesn't care about the future, missing the rise of the iPod, touchscreen smartphones and modern tablets. Now, thanks to Sinofsky, it's finally got a chance to break with that sorry past.

   So he was a jerk. So what?

   Sinofsky had a firm vision about where the PC industry should go. Ballmer does not. As Michael Pusateri quipped on Twitter, "The wrong Steve is leaving Microsoft."

   "I can assure you that . . . this was a personal and private choice"

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   mikiem2
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   From that article -- Thanks, an interesting read by the way:

   "Microsoft, meanwhile, is long past living off of Bill Gates' fumes. It can't afford to coast. It needed a visionary leader who understands the future of computing. Sinofsky could have been that guy, Microsoft's Steve Jobs. If only he weren't so darn mean"

   There is no understanding "the future of computing" though, no more than there is understanding the future of cars or the future of microwave ovens. :)

   Companies think up, design, & produce products that they hope will sell -- those products that sell become the future. With Microsoft a good example of providing a future few wanted was Vista, with Apple earlier versions of the Mac [before that they seriously competed with MS]. Sometimes it's the best choice that becomes the future, but often it's not -- if Microsoft had won the war with Blu-Ray, or the battle over how HDTVs would connect, both would have been more user friendly, probably lower cost, & would most likely have increased sales. Flash isn't the best choice, but it's survived numerous attempts to kill it. In these wars in the marketplace, what some call visionary leaders are simply those that happened to be with whatever company whose product won. Remember the guys who thought up & started Yahoo were once visionary. Same story with RIM & Palm. :)

   Posted 11 years ago #

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