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Yahoo R&D Chief Joins MSN Search

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-do-you-want-to-work-today? dept.

sriram_2001 writes "In a major hiring coup, the MSN Search blog announced that Yahoo's head of Research and Development, Dr.Gary William Flake has now joined MSN. According to Oshoma Momoh, General Manager, MSN Search, Dr.Flake will be 'responsible for bridging the innovation happening between Microsoft Research and MSN and for setting the technology vision and future direction of the MSN portal, web search, desktop search and monetization engine.' Dr.Flake is also the first person to be directly hired as a Microsoft Distinguished Engineer, an elite group that has Dave Cutler and Anders Hejlsberg among other luminaries"

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  1. What's with these names? by bigtallmofo · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you have to have an unusually funny name in order to work for MSN search?

    I'm slow so it took me a while to determine that Oshoma Momoh wasn't a palindromic joke. Adding "Doctor Flake" to the lineup is icing on the cake.

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  2. Another genius bites the dust... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Microsoft is so full of such clever people, yet produces such crap software.

    What the heck is going on in that company? Have they totally lost it?

  3. Re:innovations by wheelbarrow · · Score: 0, Troll

    Opera is not a "standard" browser. Why do you still use it?

  4. Re:The moral character of some people by gary.flake · · Score: 1, Troll

    Me love you long time.

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