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Microsoft Reassigns Several Top Executives - New York TimesFirst Faved : Feb 16 2008 by mikeFaved : 1 time with noteViewed : 0 timesFave It!

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  • mike - Feb 16 2008 | microsoft, search, advertising, yahoo, msn

    Something I don't get - why does Microsoft place it's ONLINE services underneath the WINDOWS division? Does this make sense to anyone else?

    One of the reasons I left MS was stuff like this - if you're not running Windows or Office, you get very little control over your own destiny; everything has to march to the drum-beat of Windows or Office market needs.

    This stifles innovation and does not provide the incentives you need to get people excited about their own influence on products.

    This announcement looks like further consolidation of online properties over to windows. These things used to be in a separate MSN organization - which is content/advertising focused. They were also not held accountable enough for building a successful business (leading to MS needed to acquire a successful online business).

    Quoted: The company placed new executives in charge of operations facing fierce new competition from Google, Apple and cellphone makers.

    • chris - Feb 17 2008

      I have to agree with you here. I always found the need of MS upper managers to push everything into Windows and Office quite stifling. It's like no other business models are allowed to exist at MS...

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