Here's the story on the reorganization from this afternoon's Seattle Times:
seattletimes.com
In contrast to the earlier CNet story, this one says that there will still be four major divisions as earlier rumored. It says the Consumer Windows is not a independent entity, but will be part of a larger division along with NT. Still, though, it's far more independent than it would have been combined with the Consumer division.
"The Consumer Windows division, to be run by Vice President David Cole, falls under the Business and Enterprise group, headed by Senior Vice President Jim Allchin. Cole heads the group that will develop Windows 98, the company's consumer operating-system software, while Vice President Brian Valentine will run the group developing Windows 2000...
"The Business Productivity group, run by Senior Vice President Bob Muglia, will develop Microsoft's applications programs, including its Office suite of products. Vice President Rich Tong will lead the group's marketing.
"The Developer group, run by Group Vice President Paul Maritz, will focus on improving and expanding relationships with software programmers. Tod Nielsen, general manager for developer relations, will run marketing.
"The Consumer and Commerce Group will run Microsoft's growing Internet business. Vice presidents Brad Chase and Jon DeVaan will run the group. "
Other tidbit:
"...MSN's portal effort will be united with its popular Sidewalk service, and Sidewalk is expected to become Microsoft's main portal, or jumping-off point, for the Web. " |
