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Another Microsoft Exec Steps Down

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

Arcanimus writes "On Tuesday, the corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN marketing, Martin Taylor, announced that he is leaving Microsoft. Just three months ago, Taylor was appointed to his new position to manage the marketing of Windows Live. In his 13 years with the company, Taylor even worked directly with CEO Steve Ballmer."

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  1. What did he take when he left by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope he took his chair!

    1. Re:What did he take when he left by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny

      If he worked with Ballmer, he's probably taken a chair, one way or another...

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  2. Incoming Obligatories by MrNonchalant · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cue chair jokes in 3...2...1...

    1. Re:Incoming Obligatories by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're late by 4 minutes. The chair jokes are quicker because people don't even have to think to do them, they are done by pure muscle memory. Unless you're positive of getting FP on an MS-exec article, I think you should write: "Cue chair jokes in -1, -2, -3."

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  3. No surprise by VisceralLogic · · Score: 3, Funny

    After that many chairs flying in my direction, I'd quit, too. :)

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  4. Windows Live by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its obvious why he left. Check his picture - he is quite obviously a vampire, and one of the undead. Putting him at the wheel for something called "Windows Live" means there is quite obviously a conflict of interest.

  5. Re:sinking ship? by joshier · · Score: 5, Funny

    They must have been honest in a meeting... *bill gates stands up*.. I'm sorry guys, we decided to face the truth.. vista is a pile of shit, and I for one am leaving.. thank you *bill gates walks out of room crying*

  6. Tune of the day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Music is Yesterday, by the Beatles)

    Yesterday
    All my competitors seemed so far away
    Now it looks as though they're here to stay
    Oh I believe in yesterday
    Suddenly, my head has half the hair that used to be
    There's an office chair hanging over me
    Oh yesterday, came sudlenly
    Why Linux had to come
    It wouldn't say
    We did Netscape wrong
    Now I long for yesterday
    Yesterday
    Monopoly was such an easy game to play
    Now I need to catch up with IP
    Now I long for yesterday
    Yesterday

  7. At the risk of sounding redundant... by DaSenator · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but wouldn't it just be best for Microsoft to have Balmer leave? While I'm no Microsoft insider, I still think that most, if not all, of Microsoft's problems could just be solved if Steve Balmer left.

    On a slightly related note, imagine if Balmer was re-programmed to work for Apple.

    Megalomaniacal Steve vs. Crazy Steve with a quiet joker Steve off to the side.

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  8. Who cares by Monster_Juice · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who cares if a VP left the company? The only reason this is news is because it is from Microsoft. A VP left my company a while back and I never saw it in the news, he was even the VP of IT.

    Here on Slashdot if the article contains "Microsoft" it becomes an important story.

    Next on Slashdot...."Mailroom clerk leaves Microsoft, claims he is tired of putting free AOL disks in all the mailboxes.

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  9. No HOLES barred? by saleenS281 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly what holes did you think should be barred?

    Here's a hint: that phrase pertains to fighting, and it's no HOLDS barred.

    1. Re:No HOLES barred? by spun · · Score: 5, Funny

      I like his version better, 'any hole is fair game, no bars on these holes!' That's dirty. I like it. Anyway, the point is moo. You know, like the opinion of a cow. It's "moo."

      In other news, noted playwright William Shakespeare was at the beach when he bent over and heard a ripping sound. Convinced he had torn his swim trunks, he asked a companion to look behind and report. "No holes, Bard" was the reply.

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  10. You gotta wonder by oahazmatt · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if in his announcement, he concluded with: "And all of the friends I've made these past 13 years can still contact me at my new address, MicrosoftMartin@gmail.com."

    *sounds of struggling in the background*

    "We bolt them down now, Steve."

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  11. Ditech spoof by llamaxing · · Score: 3, Funny

    uh-oh, we lost another one to Google!

  12. Coming from an old Mac fanboy... by NilObject · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please say "beleaguered". Oh, please say "beleaguered"!

  13. Re:It's getting so old by WeAreAllDoomed · · Score: 3, Funny
    Enough with the chairs! It's not funny anymore!

    all your base are belong to chair!

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