Is anybody at the top of microsoft still there besides Steve Balmer? What is going on at Microsoft?

Microsoft still is kind of odd about actually competing in the Tablet and Phone space. Plus they are still slow moving. Essential updates to services and products are months or a year out when they are needed in weeks. Office Webapps will probably still remain largely unused due to its clunky and confusing nature (almost all my peers are on google docs because it is easier to manage permissions, the .net passport thing just doesn't seem to work right ... )

Seeing leadership change certainly isn't a bad sign, especially if their replacement is serious and ready to compete.

I recommended against it to anyone asking for advice. Once the platform matures, I think it will be the best platform out there. The problem is I think many will be too attached to their paid applications on the other platforms to switch. iBird is a great application for hikers, currently only available on iPhone and Android. It was kind of expensive. There are many other niche apps that have to move over.

I find Microsoft's mobile situation kind of sad. I think it has great potential, but it is missing key features and it came too late, so its numbers will be too low to attract developers. With that people will build up their own library of paid apps on other platforms and be stuck forever.

I wouldn't mind im because it is a distraction. I personally hope they keep the os in single process in a meaningful way. I don't want another os open for spywares. It is best to start with low privilege and start slowly open up doors to make sure the system is secure for CASUAL users.

Her Lois Lane antics have resulted in the loss of one of the most able guys steering the mothership. Yes she got her 5 minutes, but at what cost?

Anyway, with technology companies on the increase, companies will be clamouring to secure him, there is only really one loss, and that is the company he leaves.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/muglias-e-mail-to-the-microsoft-troops-im-moving-on-to-new-opportunities-outside-of-microsoft/8406

my primary principle is to focus on doing the right thing, ...
...... not being afraid to admit a mistake and change a decision when it is wrong; being consistently honest, even when it hurts ......
......and finally, being willing to admit and apologize when I have not lived up to these principles.

8 minutes ago, Bas wrote

@vesuvius:Wait, are you saying Mary Jo Foley made Bob Muglia quit Microsoft? How... would that work?

I was about to ask the same question. MJF is one of the best pundits going, in my opinion.

Of course, that still leaves the question what motivated that decision. I'm sure plenty of people are already frothing at the mouth to explain this as Muglia being outraged by Ballmer's idiotic decision to replace him and quitting in a huff, but it might as well be that Muglia agreed with the change and then decided to take the opportunity to head elsewhere.

Personally, I don't see how you can find issue in a 23 year old veteran at a company by suddenly wanting him demoted. This is all about brownie points for

1) All the Microsoft staff involved in Silverlight that became his enemies overnight

2) A chance for Ballmer to show he is not afraid of removing the most senior people in his company

In the world of 24 hour news, people can lose their jobs if the greater public are seen to be misled or malinformed by instances such as the Mary-Jo one.

I don't deny her excellent journalism, and ability to be consistently readable, current, and relevant, but she had a part in this (for me, at least), there is no doubt about that.

Do you see Steve Jobs pandering to the press?

52 minutes ago, AndyC wrote

@Bas: High level executives are never fired.

In North Korea?