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Perhaps I'm just naive/ignorant, but I can't tell if this is a positive progression for Ozzie? Ballmer mentions Ozzie's retirement, is Ozzie just transitioning
by city41 16y ago
Perhaps I'm just naive/ignorant, but I can't tell if this is a positive progression for Ozzie? Ballmer mentions Ozzie's retirement, is Ozzie just transitioning out of the workforce? Or did MS decide Ozzie's leadership is no longer positive for the company? The article does say "His leadership not particularly well-respected among employees in the trenches"
- contextfree 16y agoMy impression is that there's never been a particularly good relationship between the product groups at Microsoft and the more long-term focused researchy groups (not necessarily limited to MS Research proper?). A lot of "employees in the trenches" of the product groups seem to perceive the researchy guys as useless, impractical, a waste of money, etc. Ozzie's concrete responsibility at MSFT, so far as I can tell, was running a bunch of medium-term focused groups to try and bridge that divide. They seem to have been generally regarded as unsuccessful in that respect so it's not too surprising that he would eventually quit/be pushed out/whatever.
- rbanffy 16y ago> I can't tell if this is a positive progression for Ozzie leaving a sinking boat for one that floats is usually regarded as a good move...