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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. End of Azure by smist08 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Does this mean MS is killing the Azure platform? Or maybe Bill Gates is returning from the hinterland? Or are employees just leaving one by one until only Steve Balmer is left to turn off the lights?

    1. Re:End of Azure by b4dc0d3r · · Score: 1, Troll

      Have you seen some of billg's leaked mails on Windows? He ripped XP to shreds. He was at the helm, and didn't like what they were doing. You think he was any happier with Vista?

      http://gizmodo.com/5019516/classic-clips-bill-gates-chews-out-microsoft-over-xp

      He was the head of the company, not the guy who makes every decision. He disagreed with a lot of decisions. He should have replaced more people with any organism that could muster a coherent thought that persisted long enough to compare with the next thought. That was his failure.

      Ballmer eats donkey cock all day and shits out specs which are automatically turned into the next GUI design and API. Bill was no saint, but I don't think you realize how little low-level control he had in the last few years. He bitched about things being wrong, sure. But in 2003/4 he was *told* that Vista was shite and would have to be rebooted. He gave in, and Jim Allchin retired out of shame I would assume. Ballmer was busy purchasing used donkeys from seedy mexican bars.

      http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-client/allchin-on-vista-it-s-not-going-to-work-.aspx