Head of Microsoft E & D (entertainment and mobile devices) suddenly leaves the company before the release of WP7

Just now, the official confirmation of the corporate mail came that the head of the department (Robert Bach), or rather the Microsoft E & D SVP, leaves the company. Together with him the company is left with his right hand J Alard. And this all happens a few weeks before the official public release of Windows Phone 7. You can judge how big people are in the complex hierarchy of a huge company from this simple scheme.



Roby reported directly to Steve Ballmer and can be said was the second person in the company in the direction of entertainment and mobile technologies. Under the management of these two people, Microsoft has done and achieved in the field of media what we see now. Such big words as XBox, Zune, Live and of course Windows Mobile and the upcoming new generation of the system for mobile devices Windows Phone 7 Series. As practice and history show, such grandiose movements / withdrawals / retirements in companies of this rank occur very rarely and often after “epic fail”. Today, on the eve of the official public release of WM7, the entire world community is frozen in anticipation of a truly revolutionary product from Microsoft, leaving the company referring to the desire to rest (to retire) at 48, at least it sounds strange and unreasonably risky. not appointed, and now department heads will report directly to Steve Ballmer. What this carries for the company as a whole and for WM7 in particular is not yet known.
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Let's hope for the best.