> could have worked out if everyone actually worked together Apparently, Sinofsky suffers dreadfully from "not invented here syndrome." He simply does not trus

> could have worked out if everyone actually worked together Apparently, Sinofsky suffers dreadfully from "not invented here syndrome." He simply does not trust anything that his team has not built, and Midori is the tip of the iceberg. There are a some instances where his attitude worked, but they were far and few between. You'll notice that there is a very distinct "firewall" between core architecture and "other teams" on the projects he managed, even today (e.g. .Net Office extensions are just COM).