Mini-Microsoft on the Kin, Ray Ozzie, and Layoff Rumors

Regarding Ray Ozzie:

Meanwhile, Ozzie has made enemies of most of the leaders of the actual products that pay for his “Labs”. He’s made no secret of the fact that he thinks that Windows is run terribly, or that Office is dead technology. Behind closed doors, he is openly dispariging of Microsoft development practices and Microsoft technology. His efforts to build product display a stunning lack of a caring about how much things cost to run, or whether they will ever make money. To my knowledge, he doesn’t care in the slightest about the enterprise businesses at the company.

I don’t know if Ozzie is out to lunch, or if he’s the only executive at the company with an eye to the future instead of the past.

★ Wednesday, 7 July 2010