Redmond Developer Newsletter http://reddevnews.com http://reddevnews.com/rss/ May 25, 2010
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A few executives were also shuffled in the Office groups. What's it all mean? The consumer division is in disarray, at least from a leadership standpoint. The Windows Phone 7 launch is on the horizon, and Redmond needs to execute the Win7 phone launch successfully to have any chance in the smartphone business. As Google celebrates the 30th anniversary of Pacman with its first interactive logo, announces a new Google TV platform at its Google I/O developers' conference last week, and begins to hone in on business and enterprise customers with initiatives like the Google App Engine for Business; Microsoft, after 10 years, is still flailing in the consumer business. Microsoft's three screens (PC, TV and mobile) and the cloud vision is a being realized by the competition. As any job seeker knows, if you want the scoop on what's really going on at a company--ask the people who work there. Luckily, Redmond insider Mini-Microsoft made a rare appearance today and blogged about the E&D fallout: "Just a quick celebration of this morning's news: Robbie Bach is retiring from Microsoft," said Mini. "I'm so happy for him. And for Entertainment and Devices. And Microsoft." Mini continued, "This is a great opportunity for E&D to evolve and restructure. And, of course, a great opportunity to really screw up who to put in charge and such." Microsofties, former employees and others weighed in. Here's a sample of what the "anonymous" commenters on Mini's blog said about today's news: "Actually it's sad day. I thought Robbie had [it] in him to be the next CEO of MS." "Sad that Robbie is leaving. He is a sane manager in the SLT and one of the few who can go toe to toe with [Kevin Turner] (seen that first hand). Good that Don Mattrick is stepping up, he's well respected and gets things done. Andy Lees? We'll have to see about him. He put a good management team into Phone but Kin's release: meh (too little too late, Danger); WP7 is late but has great promise." Read more about today's news here: http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=5027982:17869409 Change is difficult but the missteps at Microsoft required action. Can the company bring in some talent or promote up and comers from within who don't fit Microsoft's "middle-aged men in sweaters" reputation voiced by a pundit on CNBC last week? A company's culture as dev teams know all too well can be the biggest hurdle to software and technology innovation that is supported by management. 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