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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. I'm Ray Ozzie, by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bailing out from this exploding gas bag, before she burns down to the bare frame.

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
    1. Re:I'm Ray Ozzie, by houghi · · Score: 4, Funny

      I ran a script to do a calculation and there are about 10 1 digit UIDs and around 90 2 digit UIDs.

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      Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
    2. Re:I'm Ray Ozzie, by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

      Its up to ten million and it hasn't found any more one digit UIDs, just the first ten.

      Have you checked to make sure that there aren't any in the vast space between two whole numbers? That sounds like it could be quite a complicated exercise.

      Hey you are right. I found more low numbers right after 4294967296.

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      http://michaelsmith.id.au
  2. Re:End of Azure by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's ridiculous. We all know that Ballmer would be perfectly happy to dance around a giant empty building while clapping and shouting "Developers, developers, developers, developers."

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    There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
  3. He stated the reason why by wandazulu · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's stepping down to spend more time with his baby, Lotus Notes.

  4. Re:Rah-rah Cloud by Daniel+Phillips · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed, Ray Ozzie did play a pivotal role in helping keep Microsoft's leaders heads in the cloud.

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    Have you got your LWN subscription yet?
  5. Re:MS could have owned the cloud by bkaul01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft never did understand Lotus Notes.

    Neither did any of the users who were forced to try to use it.

  6. Re:Ray's Real Job by jjohn · · Score: 3, Funny

    "God! is there nothing about Microsoft that is not some sad, hollow sham?"

    I don't know. Notepad and freecell are pretty solid.

  7. Re:End of Azure by syousef · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think its more like having a single technical lead in a powerful position is a bad thing for management because they keep asking hard questions. So lets split the role into smaller project based positions, leaving the strategy to management and marketing.

    I think it would be cheaper and more effective to leave the strategy to Paul the Octopus. He's probably nicer too.

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