Interesting. First Bill Gates leaves and then there is an announced another announced delay. This time affecting the Office 2007 product suite. Now we see Apple sales soaring and Novell (yes, they’re still around) eating away the market with their version of the SuSE linux operating system. Now, insult to injury. Microsoft is cutting staff.
“They are aligning their organization to be more efficient and responsive to their customers,” Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos said. Microsoft began notifying affected workers of the cuts on Wednesday.The software maker has never had large-scale, across-the-board layoffs, though it has made selective job cuts in various business units in the past. In 2002, for example, Microsoft axed more than 100 posts as it restructured its UltimateTV unit.
Are these cracks in the fine veneer of Microsoft that we are seeing? I’m sure that the launch of Vista will…oh right, yeah. Nevermind.
Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Bill Gates, Job Cuts
