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Belluzo post-SGI joining Microsoft
Well, it apparents that on the heels of yesterday's announcement about resigning as CEO of SGI, Belluzzo will be reportedly joining Microsoft's interactive operations units.
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Or should that be 'assimilated'? All these anti-microsoft metaphors can be hard to keep track of.
As for 'loyalty'; much as I dislike microsoft, I think I'll have to leap to the poor chap's defense. I wouldn't work for Microsoft (again), neither would a bunch a people on the list, but that doesn't mean everyone feels the same way. Even if he worked for SGI, we can't assume he feels the level of antipathy some of us do.
Most ms employees are perfectly decent people (although when I was there, none of them knew how to use windows).
So what are the chances that he'll steer microsoft into the gutter and tell them to start using linux instead of NT? ;)
~Tim
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First thought "Traitor, begone!" :-)
Second thought: "Microsoft takes care of its own" - Rick B supported the NT strategy in support of MS, it didn't work, Microsoft gave him a position.
Third thought: What kind of position is this? Would you want to be put in charge of MSN et al? It may be an important position from Bill's point of view, and it probably pays pretty well, but frankly I don't think anyone human could fulfill Bill's expectations for the unit.
Maybe Rick just got what he deserved.
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He is smart. He knows were the money is. He also knows were the future is as well.
I wonder if Microsoft offered Belluzo immunity from rabid SGI buyers, out for blood after the NT fiasco.
Alternatively, it's just possible that Bellizo belives in Microsoft and it's software, and rebelled against the introduction of Linux and the abandoning of NT. Executives of companies have quit in the belief that 20th century technology was supplied by aliens, so it's not an outrageous possibility, as bizare as it might seem.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
Microsoft founded Sidewalk - it was a Bill creation since Day One. I never liked it - I thought it was a soulless version of the Yellow Pages.
But it was Bill's.
Nonetheless, in spirit I agree with you - Microsoft has done little of genuine interest in the online world, and the news is filled with their retreats. Sidewalk, for instance, is now mainly folded into former competitor CitySearch.
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In light of his second career decision -- the one to go to work for the borg -- I'm don't believe he is the right person to head SGI either!
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I do wonder how exactly he meant the statement that he was going to work for a company that doesn't compete with SGI.
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A lot of companies, as a condition of being hired, prevent you from going to work for a direct competitor within a certain time frame after leaving. That's probably why he made that statement.
Of all the comments I've ever posted, this is definately one of them