In a pessimistic article, a staff writer at CNN argues that Microsoft’s major consumer products are in trouble, even going so far as to say that the Microsoft brand is dying. Come now, isn’t that a bit premature?
Chief software architect Ray Ozzie may have been a man standing alone at Microsoft, daring them to be ready for a post-PC world. But his goodbye memo is an epic screed. Fake Steve handily summaries it: “We suck. I quit. Goodbye.”
Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie was Bill Gates’s hand-picked successor to the role, and now he’s leaving. What’s curious is that Steve Ballmer doesn’t plan on refilling the role. The email Steve sent out to employees:
Microsoft’s chief software architect Ray Ozzie was discussing smartphones at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference earlier. Apparently, we just don’t get what’s important and what’s not in the smartphone battle, because according to him, apps don’t matter one bit.
