Ballmer does Windows

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Thu, 07/24/2008 - 6:33am

Microsoft had its annual management shakeup–these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year–and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company’s platform and services division.

As a result, Johnson’s unit is split into two–Windows and online services–and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate for Windows.

The upshot: Ballmer will be [...]


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