Comments on: Microsoft's executive shuffle expected Thursday

Software maker plans to move leaders in its Windows, Windows Live, and Windows Mobile units. Executives leaving the company include two prominent outside hires.

[Penguinisto]

Desperation. Pure and simple.

First the lipstick-on-a-pig called Vista. Then, the outrageous ego-train ride to Googleville by trying to buy Yahoo. Then, this.

***, over?

/P

[iertry]

no its not over!

MS do reshuffles like this usually twice a year. Infact alot of companies do it so i cant see ms finishing anytime soon because of a reshuffle

[brocklin]

Penguinisto

Come on Penguin - get real - Ballmer did not really put lipstick on you did he !

[FutureGuy]

hey troll

you apparently work for Google and have nothing much to do with your life. If you are calling MS as being "desperate" you might want to work on your english skills, you apparently don't understand what that word means.

[Yakk35]

Run by MBA's

I see it time and time again, companies run by people with business backgrounds not sales/customer relations or development backgrounds. This always leads to a complete lack of direction because when making money is job one customer satisfaction starts to go by the wayside.

No direction, no focus and no leadership. The only movement is when they copy someone else and Google is beating the living snot out of them right now.

They need to reorganize into small customer and developer centric units that focus on quality not "us too!" as MS copies the software flavor of the year.

Vista is a disaster, Googles dominance and poaching of talent is a DISASTER and the lack of focus and ability to assess the current state of affairs shows no real hope on the horizon for us end users.

[Renegade Knight]

Half Right

When making money is Job 1 the comany normally falls to the wayside. It's fair to call that the MBA mentality (though I've always called it the Beancounter Mentality) it's not fair to paint all MBA's and Business Execs with that brush. If they love the business they are in they will find a way to do well. I won't argue that a lot of MBA types are exactly as you say though.

[ethana2]

"It is a great company with great people."

When that's said by someone who doesn't work there anymore, you know there's gotta be something we're completely missing.

Meh, they're probably still sending him checks for something or other. They've never done any good things for me.

[Kimsh]

translation

Maybe it means he wants to have a go at applying what he knows in a different context (start up not huge company) and he intends to try to take some friends with him.
Has happened before, and probably will again.

[shikarishambu]

It is MBAs not MBA's

You do not need to go to B-school for that :)

[Imperfect Nerd]

Microsoft is hardly soft or micro

Read my lips: Billions of Bucks. Watch them move again: Worldwide Penetration. They're twitching once more: International Complexity. One last time: One Net, One World, no Godfather steering the canoe.

[QASIMARA]

or...?

Apple.