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Ray Ozzie To Step Down From His Role At Microsoft

Posted by Soulskill on from the is-this-the-extinguish-part dept.

denobug writes "Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft, is stepping down. He is to remain with Microsoft until he retires, focusing his efforts 'in the broader area of entertainment where Microsoft has many ongoing investments,' based on a memo from Steve Ballmer. Also according to Steve's memo, the role of CSA was unique and it will not be filled."

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  1. Innovation Officer for Microsoft = Total Failure by curmudgeon99 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Anyone who has held the title of Chief Software Architect at Microsoft must also carry shame for the deplorable, innovation-free time at Microsoft over the past 10 years. For all their "brightest of the brightest" employees, the bean counters and the sainted Redmond campus, Microsoft has originated exactly zero new ideas in the past decade. Every single "idea" they came up with was narrowly derivative of some existing project. Microsoft is devoid of innovation.

  2. Not a single fuck was given. by aeoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No fucks were made available that day.