Microsoft FY08Q1 Results- October 25, 2007 Updated: I added a couple of more links regarding FY08Q1 coverage. Hey, let's look at today's opening number- Holy Beejeezus! (pop-pop - socks flying off feet): we're above $36!! Dear Microsoft Leadership: walk the halls today. If this stays up there, enjoy the glow and celebration of newly motivated employees, and get a clue again about what a big difference that makes.FY08Q1 ahoy! As always, my favorite post-analysis sites for the results:MSFTExtremeMakeover, Mr. Joe Wilcox, and Mr. Todd...http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/10/microsoft-fy08q1-results.html Promotion Velocity and Spin-off-Softs- October 22, 2007 Faster here, slower there: there have been a number of comments over the past about working in a place like Office or Windows being detrimental to your career advancement. "Is it reasonable to think moving out of Windows would increase one's career velocity"Quite possibly. My skip-level manager in Office even talked in a team meeting once about the slower promotion schedule in our organization. Of course, it was spun as "being a level 62 here actually means something" instead of "equally...http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/10/promotion-velocity-and-spin-off-softs.html Wrong-Right-Wrong-Wrong- October 15, 2007 Wrong-Right-Wrong-Wrong Some comments on the Bungie split, starting with this blunt one:Mini, you have never gotten something so wrong as your MSBungie comments.This is not a WinWin situation, the only party that wins is Bungie, MS does not win, you do not win. Bungie wins because they are no longer governed by Microsoft management, no longer have to deal with all the different diseases that MS management suffers from, and that have been brought up so many times in this blog.You do not win,...http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2007/10/wrong-right-wrong-wrong.html |