Say What? Wading Through the Nonsense In Microsoft's Re-Org Memo

curtwoodward writes "Steve Ballmer's attempt to reorganize Microsoft into a more focused company will define his legacy as CEO. So you'd think the wordsmiths in Redmond would take a little time ensuring their message was crystal-clear, right? Not exactly. Ballmer's big, gung-ho memo to Microsofties, posted on the company's website, is chock full of nonsense and corporate executive doublespeak — or, as Ballmer might say, `high-value experiences' that will `involve repartitioning the work' and `drive partners across our integrated strategy and its execution.' Huh?" Honest language in corporate communications is a rare quality. I suspect there's a special language-butchering training course that most C-level executives enthusiastically complete.

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They are now generating memos entirely with this

[flarb936]

http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html Easy, no need to hire copywriters anymore.

Take It Back

[Anonymous Coward]

Ballmer will make you want to take back those nasty things you said about Bill Gates in the late '90s.

Re:Take It Back

[binarylarry]

What people don't know is that Ballmer is a secret Linux FOSS champion. In reality, he's actually Richard Stallman's secret half brother and together they're going to bring down the largest proprietary software company in the world.

Re:Take It Back

[chromas]

Actually, all three are played by Fred Savage.

So good

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

How wonderfully appropriate.

Ballmer at Tanagra?

[A10Mechanic]

Shaka. When the walls fell.