With its bid to acquire part or all of Yahoo! (YHOO) looking less likely, Microsoft (MSFT) announced July 23 that one of the top executives who pushed the deal will leave the company. Full Article at Business Week
You don't know if he's running to something or from something
By bringing together the software experience and the service experience, we will better address the changing needs of our customers' digital lifestyles and the new world of work.
This new structure will give us more agility and focus in two very competitive arenas
There was always going to be huge integration overhead in buying Yahoo or doing a search deal
Transitioning from Microsoft is an emotional decision, as I have enjoyed working at this company for so many years ... Being a CEO will be a new experience for me and it is the right time for me to pursue this change.
But he didn’t turn it around either. There are a lot of questions to be answered about Microsoft’s online services business, particularly because the company has spent so much there without much to show for it.
There are alternate approaches around this Catch-22, which I'm not going to talk about today.
As the company embarks on another round of increased investments online, investors will need, and deserve, more than a superficial explanation of the investment decisions and the processes by which they are arrived at and monitored
looking forward ... deliver great value to Juniper's customers, partners, employees and shareholders.
The refocus should be back on its core business
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