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    Dan Neely
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    Arstechnica[^] is reporting he was sacked effective immediately. At this point I think the Balmer purge is complete; Steve was the last remaining exec I could see leading the company.

    Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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      Arstechnica[^] is reporting he was sacked effective immediately. At this point I think the Balmer purge is complete; Steve was the last remaining exec I could see leading the company.

      Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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      Super Lloyd
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      As someone said on tweeter "All of the sudden .NET has a bright future again"!! :)

      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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        Arstechnica[^] is reporting he was sacked effective immediately. At this point I think the Balmer purge is complete; Steve was the last remaining exec I could see leading the company.

        Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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        Lost User
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        Hmmm... Zac Greve leaves CP and Sinofsky gets kicked out... Coincidence?

        MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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          As someone said on tweeter "All of the sudden .NET has a bright future again"!! :)

          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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          Dan Neely
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          Only if you're looking in the short term (next few years). Balmer's a tard and going to run the company into the ground; the writing was on the wall when he drove Ray Ozzie out, with Sinofsky gone too there's noone left in the company with sufficient stature to oppose him.

          Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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            Arstechnica[^] is reporting he was sacked effective immediately. At this point I think the Balmer purge is complete; Steve was the last remaining exec I could see leading the company.

            Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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            BillWoodruff
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            Wall Street Journal article on Sinofsky's exit: "Updated November 12, 2012, 10:33 p.m. ET:" [^]

            ~ Confused by Windows 8 ? This may help: [^] !

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              Hmmm... Zac Greve leaves CP and Sinofsky gets kicked out... Coincidence?

              MVVM# - See how I did MVVM my way ___________________________________________ Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011 .\\axxx (That's an 'M')

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              Super Lloyd
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              Ha! Finally some answers!

              A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                Arstechnica[^] is reporting he was sacked effective immediately. At this point I think the Balmer purge is complete; Steve was the last remaining exec I could see leading the company.

                Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                Pete OHanlon
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                Sinofsky was even more of a micro manager than Gates, I doubt he would ever have taken the top spot.

                *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

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                  Arstechnica[^] is reporting he was sacked effective immediately. At this point I think the Balmer purge is complete; Steve was the last remaining exec I could see leading the company.

                  Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                  I'm actually glad he left. That will only speed up the demise of Microsoft, which is a good thing - Windows 8 and whole direction company has been taking lately is beyond terrible (Development Certificates in VS). Hopefully in next 5 years we'll get an OS that doesn't require you to jump through 1000 hoops in order to have your app installed: http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/notch-refuses-certify-minecraft-windows-8-goes-rogue[^]

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                    I'm actually glad he left. That will only speed up the demise of Microsoft, which is a good thing - Windows 8 and whole direction company has been taking lately is beyond terrible (Development Certificates in VS). Hopefully in next 5 years we'll get an OS that doesn't require you to jump through 1000 hoops in order to have your app installed: http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/notch-refuses-certify-minecraft-windows-8-goes-rogue[^]

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                    I do not think M$ will go down soo easily or soo soon, although i really wish it did. May be the monkey started its game again now. Always a monkey wants another monkey to give him support and not a gorilla to stop his stupid crazy activity and make him civilized :D

                    My cUr10U5 w0rlD

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                      I do not think M$ will go down soo easily or soo soon, although i really wish it did. May be the monkey started its game again now. Always a monkey wants another monkey to give him support and not a gorilla to stop his stupid crazy activity and make him civilized :D

                      My cUr10U5 w0rlD

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                      lepipele
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                      Yeah, big companies always stick for a long time... hate the fact that IBM is still around - money they take from consulting would be much better spent on someone else ;(

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                        I'm actually glad he left. That will only speed up the demise of Microsoft, which is a good thing - Windows 8 and whole direction company has been taking lately is beyond terrible (Development Certificates in VS). Hopefully in next 5 years we'll get an OS that doesn't require you to jump through 1000 hoops in order to have your app installed: http://www.pcgamesn.com/minecraft/notch-refuses-certify-minecraft-windows-8-goes-rogue[^]

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                        Pete OHanlon
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                        So, that OS isn't going to come from Microsoft, Apple or Google then. Funnily enough, I'm starting to think that locking down the installation ecosystem is no bad thing.

                        *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

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                          So, that OS isn't going to come from Microsoft, Apple or Google then. Funnily enough, I'm starting to think that locking down the installation ecosystem is no bad thing.

                          *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

                          "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                          CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                          I think Google will drive Microsoft out of OS space with Android. I would prefer someone else (who doesn't track people as much as Google does), but I guess one must be realistic - only those 3 players have enough resources and competence currently to do well in OS space.

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                            I think Google will drive Microsoft out of OS space with Android. I would prefer someone else (who doesn't track people as much as Google does), but I guess one must be realistic - only those 3 players have enough resources and competence currently to do well in OS space.

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                            I will bet that, 5 years from now, Google aren't the dominant OS player. They will probably be the one selling the most "smart" devices, but they will not have dominant market share - the enterprise market is still too big, too important, and too entrenched with Microsoft - and it will cost them too much to migrate all their apps over.

                            *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

                            "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                            CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                              I will bet that, 5 years from now, Google aren't the dominant OS player. They will probably be the one selling the most "smart" devices, but they will not have dominant market share - the enterprise market is still too big, too important, and too entrenched with Microsoft - and it will cost them too much to migrate all their apps over.

                              *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

                              "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                              CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                              You are probably right, 5 years is too short time period. But I would be happy if just average consumers move over to Android - Microsoft can have "enterprise market". So, if we see the same transition that happened when Microsoft took OS space from IBM - good enough.

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                                I will bet that, 5 years from now, Google aren't the dominant OS player. They will probably be the one selling the most "smart" devices, but they will not have dominant market share - the enterprise market is still too big, too important, and too entrenched with Microsoft - and it will cost them too much to migrate all their apps over.

                                *pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

                                "Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

                                CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier

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                                Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                                the enterprise market is still too big, too important, and too entrenched with Microsoft - and it will cost them too much to migrate all their apps over.

                                So many people miss this point. They see flashy new flashy devices and they think something will just switch over in enterprises. IMO MS is just playing the safe game with this OS. They do not expect a large enterprise market on it and are just hoping for a "decent" consumer market. In 2 years time the enterprise markets will be looking to upgrade again.... Hmmmm. With that it seems MS timing is impeccable.

                                Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet.

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