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To: Nancy who wrote (36923)	1/20/2000 11:47:00 PM
From: Alan Buckley	Read Replies (2) of 74651

[MSFT has brain drain - there are over a dozen high ranking execs left in past 12 months to start-ups.] This is true and while it's a potential future problem, I don't think its a current problem. I say this because all my contacts in Redmond are happy with the people being promoted. In a way it's good since a lot of these leavers are guys with CEO dreams that just won't be fulfilled at Microsoft. At least this way they leave happy, will be inclined to work with MSFT rather than against it, and will tend to promote the use of MSFT products externally. Meanwhile the hotshot younger guys are not trapped under a "senority ceiling" and feel challenged. A trouble signal would be MSFT guys leaving to work at SUNW, AOL, IBM, etc. This is not what's happening. They're leaving because (a) they want to be the top dog or (b) they're tired and can afford to quit, whether temporarily or permanently.

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