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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. Yahoo by indigeek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I doube hiring the project manager without a technical team will bring any changes to MSN.
    Quite different from google where each of the employee is handpicked

    1. Re:Yahoo by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Right, just like prising Anders Hejlsberg from Borland didnt bring about any changes because MS hire these brilliant people with no intention of actually getting them to do anything.

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  2. rofl by Digital+Warfare · · Score: 3, Funny

    Micrsoft has a 1337 group ?
    whats their CSS tag ?

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    1. Re:rofl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      It's <CSS 2.x NOT SUPPORTED>.

  3. Goof up by MS by indigeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    The MS blog points to the yahoo webpage and yahoo bio of the guy
    If Yahoo wanted to have fun, this is an excellent opportunity for them to replace those pages with something else. For example "Mr.So and So was born in 1980. After a mediocre education he joined Yahoo where he plays for the Crocquet and bridge teams."

  4. Microsoft's way... by BJZQ8 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Microsoft's recent way seems to be hiring what they consider "key" people from other, successful companies, hoping to transplant that success. But as one poster said, they're taking one very large black marker, and leaving the dozens of colored pencils that can produce a beautiful picture. Yahoo's search leaves much to be desired anyway; they should be hiring swaths of Google employees if they are serious.

    1. Re:Microsoft's way... by bheer · · Score: 3, Informative

      Microsoft's recent way seems to be hiring what they consider "key" people from other, successful companies

      Heh. Ironically Google's been doing this to Microsoft -- they've poached quite a few Microsofties recently: Mark Jen, Joe Beda, Adam Bosworth (via BEA), Mark Lucovsky...

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    2. Re:Microsoft's way... by gary.flake · · Score: 3, Funny

      I can only assume that it is on here because it has Microsoft in the title and gives the editors a chance to whip out the (frankly stupid) borg icon.

      And here I thought that this morning's edition of slashdot had been personalized just for me!

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  5. What no one from Google? by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would be much more impressed if they had hired someone from Google. MS needs some different thinkers and if they had hired someone from Google that would have been a coup and probably better for them as a company. They do appear overall to be changing for the better all be it at a glacial pace.

    Someone from Yahoo! is fresh blood from outside the MS culture so at least it's a beginning.

  6. Re:Am I the only one ?? by chrish · · Score: 3, Funny

    There is (or used to be; it's been a while) a Dr. Fear at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.

    If I had a name like that, and worked at a kid's hospital, I'd be dressing up like a super hero when I had to go to work.

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